Wanting to get rid of the passion of drunkenness must go to God with requests for help. It can be done and those people whose relatives affected by this ailment. Except the prayers which are specified in the Orthodox prayer, anyone can pray to God in your own words for the family.
In the Christian practice of special common prayer izbalenii drunkenness of the Mother of God before the icon "the inexhaustible chalice". In many prayer books contain certain prayers exactly in front of this Holy image. Also recommended to refer to the most Holy Theotokos before the icon "seeking of the lost". However, it is necessary to understand that the mother of God alone, so assistance should not ask for specific icons, and the personality of the virgin Mary. Certain images - it's just practice, which in healing from alcoholism pray just before these icons.
You can pray to Saint Nicholas, St. Seraphim of Sarov, however, as any Saint. But still there are some saints, can be accessed especially by seeking help in overcoming problems of alcoholism.
Such saints in the Christian tradition are the monk Moses Murin and the Martyr Boniface. The practice of praying to particular saints may be due to the fact that they are in their life or after death often helped to overcome a particular ailment. In many Orthodox prayer books have prayers for the monk Moses and the Martyr Boniface.
In addition, the most suffering, you can pray to your Holy guardian angel.
An Orthodox person must remember that the main thing is the desire of the individual to overcome problems, awareness of their illness. And for those suffering from friends and relatives needed a firm faith and hope in the mercy of God, the virgin and the saints. Thus it is necessary to try in every way to help the suffering from the malady of alcoholism get rid of the disease.
