Prayer for Drunkards, Drug Addicts, Gamblers and Other Addicts

O Compassionate Lady! We now turn to Your heavenly intercession before God the Creator; do not reject our prayers, but mercifully hear the women, children, mothers. By the Almighty God's mercy heal our brothers, sisters, and our loved ones who are possessed by the heavy affliction of drunkenness, drug addiction, gambling and other harmful, ruinous habits and dependencies, and through this fall away from their Mother—the Church of Christ—and from salvation. O merciful Mother of God, by the Lord's love and grace touch their hearts, and swiftly raise them from sinful falls, and lead them to saved rebirth. Entreat Your Son, Christ—our God—so that He may forgive our sins and not turn His mercy away from His people, but that He may strengthen them in sobriety and chastity.

Accept, Most Holy Theotokos, the prayers of mothers who shed tears for their children; of women who mourn their husbands; of poor and unfortunate children left without care; and of all of us who, through Your icon, turn to the Almighty and all‑good Creator. May these petitions, through Your prayers, reach the Throne of the Most High. May He cover and protect us from the snares of the deceiver and all hostile wiles, and in the dreadful hour of our departure help us to pass unharmed through the celestial tribulations. By Your prayers deliver us from eternal condemnation, and may God's mercy cover us for endless ages. Amen.

Source: kyrios.org.ua