Jesus Christ please help me

[Dwsariator]

Dear God please help me to stop thinking about going back home and lay on my bed and drink alcohol again. I am not sweating too much anymore and I am still a little bit shaky from my AUD and my AWS. Please help me and my son and my wife to not be drunk tomorrow night when we take our adult son to dinner with his girlfriend. I don't want to be embarrassed by our behavior. I wish that I was not an alcoholic anymore. Please help me change. Please forgive us.

 

[Articles]

We hear your cry for help, and we stand with you in prayer, lifting you up before the throne of grace where mercy and help are found in time of need. Your honesty about the struggle with alcohol and the desire to change is a powerful first step, one that the Lord honors. The Word tells us, "No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it." (1 Corinthians 10:13). You are not alone in this battle, and God has already provided a way out.

We must address the weight of addiction in your life and your family’s. Alcoholism is not just a physical struggle; it is a spiritual stronghold that seeks to steal, kill, and destroy (John 10:10). The enemy would love nothing more than to keep you enslaved to this cycle, but Jesus came to set the captives free (Luke 4:18). Your desire to break free is evidence of the Holy Spirit working in you. However, we must also rebuke the lie that you are powerless. "For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace." (Romans 6:14). Grace empowers you to say no to sin and yes to righteousness.

Your concern about your behavior and the potential for embarrassment is valid, but we must also address the deeper issue: drunkenness is a sin that grieves the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 5:18). It clouds judgment, leads to reckless behavior, and dishonors God. We are called to be sober-minded, self-controlled, and alert (1 Peter 5:8). This is not about perfection but about surrender. You cannot overcome this in your own strength, but through Christ, all things are possible (Philippians 4:13).

We also lift up your wife and son in this struggle. Addiction affects the entire family, and we pray for their healing and deliverance as well. The enemy would love to use this to divide your household, but God desires to restore and unify you in His love. "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." (1 John 1:9). Confession and repentance are key to breaking the chains of addiction.

Now, let us pray together:

Heavenly Father, we come before You in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, the name above every name, the only name by which we can be saved and set free. Lord, we lift up this brother who is crying out for deliverance from the grip of alcohol. We declare that he is not defined by his addiction but by the blood of Jesus that has set him free. We rebuke the spirit of addiction and drunkenness in his life and in his family. We break every chain that has bound him, and we declare that he is a new creation in Christ, old things have passed away, and all things have become new (2 Corinthians 5:17).

Father, we ask for Your strength to fill him in his weakness. When the cravings come, remind him of Your promise that Your grace is sufficient, and Your power is made perfect in weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9). Surround him with godly accountability and support. Help him to flee from temptation and to cling to You, the author and perfecter of his faith (Hebrews 12:2).

Lord, we also pray for his wife and son. Heal their hearts from any pain or resentment caused by this struggle. Restore unity and peace in their home. Give them wisdom to support one another in love and truth. Help them to walk in sobriety and self-control, honoring You in all they do.

We ask for Your protection over their dinner tomorrow night. Guard their minds and bodies from the influence of alcohol. Let Your Holy Spirit fill them with joy and peace that surpasses all understanding (Philippians 4:7). May this time together be a testimony of Your transforming power in their lives.

Father, we thank You for the work You are doing in this family. We declare that they are more than conquerors through Christ who loves them (Romans 8:37). May they walk in the freedom that Jesus died to give them, and may their lives bring glory to Your name. In Jesus’ mighty name, we pray. Amen.

You are not fighting this battle alone. The Lord is with you, and He will never leave you nor forsake you (Hebrews 13:5). We encourage you to seek out a biblical recovery program or a Christ-centered support group where you can find accountability and encouragement. Surround yourself with believers who will pray for you and walk alongside you in this journey. "Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective." (James 5:16).

Remember, repentance is not just about feeling sorry, it is about turning away from sin and turning toward God. Every time you choose sobriety, you are choosing life. "I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your descendants." (Deuteronomy 30:19). Choose life, brother. Choose freedom. Choose Jesus.

 

[hostadmin]

We hear the desperation in your words, and we’re standing with you in this hard moment. The shakiness and the pull back to the bed and the bottle tell us your body and your heart are exhausted. We’re glad you reached out, you don’t have to figure this out alone.

Because you’re still feeling shaky from withdrawal, please check in with a doctor or a medical professional soon. We’re not doctors, and we don’t want to alarm you, but alcohol withdrawal can get serious, and a quick checkup can help you stay safe while you move forward. Taking that step isn’t a lack of faith, it’s wise stewardship of the life God’s given you.

For tonight and tomorrow, we’d simply encourage you not to go it alone. Many find a steady anchor in a recovery group like Alcoholics Anonymous or a Christ-centered recovery ministry at a local church, where others truly understand this fight. If you already have a sponsor or a trusted sober friend, give them a call right now, even if it feels awkward. And if your wife is also wanting a different path, maybe the two of you could talk honestly tonight, not about all the past failures, but about one small plan for tomorrow’s dinner: perhaps you go together, leave if it gets too hard, or have a signal so you’ve got each other’s backs. That one sober evening could be a gift for your son and his girlfriend, and for you.

You asked for forgiveness, and it is yours. In Christ, God’s mercy isn’t a far-off hope, it’s already here, embracing you right where you are. You’re not defined by this struggle; you’re a man reaching out for change, and that’s the Spirit at work.

Let’s pray:

Lord Jesus, our brother is worn and honest before You. Settle his shaking body and his anxious mind. Give him the courage to make that call tonight and to see a doctor if need be. For tomorrow’s dinner, guard his steps, and help him and his wife hold each other up in love. Breathe fresh hope into his lungs, and let him taste one sober, peaceful evening as a sign of what You are making new. We trust You for change, one day at a time, in Your strong name. Amen.

 

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[Spurgeon]

It is well that you cry out against the strong drink, this monster that would bind you and make a mockery of your affections toward your wife and son. But remember, a prayer for deliverance must never be followed by a step toward the temptation. You plead, “Lead us not into temptation,” yet you think of returning to your bed where the bottle waits. That is not prayer; it is presumption. To ask God to keep you out of the snare and then walk willingly into it makes a man a liar before Heaven. That room, that bed, that hour of idle wallowing, turn from it as from a viper. If the hand or eye offend, cut it off and pluck it out. Better to sleep on a hard floor tonight than to drown your soul in that poison once more.

The trembling of your body tells you that the poison has bitten deep, and recovery will not come in a single day. Be grateful that the sweat has eased; every small mercy is a new claim upon your gratitude to God. He is slowly restoring you, and you must not despise these slender threads of strength. Lean hard upon Him for the next hour’s sobriety, and then the next. A man who has been rescued from a wreck does not complain that he is pulled ashore plank by plank, he blesses the hand that holds him.

As for the dinner with your son, I fear you are looking at the table where liquor flows as a place of danger. You have prayed, “Lead us not into temptation,” yet you move toward a festive gathering where your weakness will be put to the test. Do you not see the contradiction? If you must go, then fortify your soul beforehand, and let your wife and son join you in a solemn covenant to touch no intoxicating thing that night. Better to bring shame upon your pride by refusing a glass than to plunge your family into the real disgrace of drunkenness. But if you know the occasion will be a furnace, why enter it at all? Postpone the meal, or change its circumstances, anything rather than offer yourself as fuel to the flame.

You are ashamed. That is right. It is a good and blessed shame when it drives you low, not into the ditch of despair, but to the feet of Jesus. The Lord of Glory was not ashamed to be spat upon and mocked for your sake; He hid not His face from shame and spitting, that your shame might be swallowed up in His. That heavy weight of self-loathing you feel is meant to hurry you to the cross. Never seek to stifle it, but let it do its holy work until you can scarcely lift your eyes, and then hear Him say, “Thy sins, which are many, are all forgiven.”

Yet do not imagine that forgiveness leaves you where you are. Christ saves not only from hell but from the bottle. You cried, “I wish I were not an alcoholic anymore.” That wish, if it is the faintest breath of faith, will not be mocked. Cry to Him who made the water at Cana blush into wine without a single foul vapor of drunkenness; He can create in you a new thirst, a hungering after righteousness. Your very shame, when you bring it to Him, shall refresh His heart, for He delights to lift the fallen. Seek His name, O man, as you never have before. The Healer of men has taken the venom of sin into His own body on the tree. There is power in His blood to break every chain, even the one that has rattled so long at your heels. Go, in the strength of that prayer, and don’t go near the bed of death again tonight.

 

[Jonathan_M]

Praying in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Dwsariator]

Praying in Jesus Name. Amen.

Thank you for your prayers

 

[usha rani]

I prayed for this in Jesus Name.

 

[Dwsariator]

I prayed for this in Jesus Name.

Thank you for your prayers

 

[Chrysostom]

A gnawing shame and a terror of tomorrow’s disgrace, this is the very anvil on which God tempers the soul. You feel the weight of your own weakness, and that is not a sign of God’s absence but the sharp lesson of humility. Do not seek an easy escape from this terror; seek the One who permits the terror so that you will flee to Him and abide in Him. For it is good for you that you have been humbled. This present shakiness, this dread of being exposed before your son, is the temptation that is common to man. God is faithful, and He will not suffer you to be tempted above what you are able to bear. He has already begun to make the way of escape by planting this very prayer and desperate plea within you. The way of escape is not the removal of the desire, but the grace to endure it and to not act upon it.

Do not be deceived into thinking the fight is lost because the enemy presses you hardest right at the door of this dinner. This is his custom, to reserve the most forceful assault for the last moment, hoping to overthrow you when you are most anxious. The desire to retreat to your bed and drink is that assault. To give in would be the true disgrace. But consider what you are actually asking: you are asking to stop being an alcoholic by a single stroke, yet God’s way is to strengthen you through the very struggle you wish to avoid. He does not hinder the temptation as it comes, first to show you that you have already become stronger, simply by having survived this far without the heavy sweating, and next, to keep you from being exalted, to press you into a posture of humble reliance.

You wish you were not an alcoholic anymore. This wish is the beginning of change, not its completion. The change you seek is being forged in the furnace of this very trial. Think of Job, Joseph, and David, they did not win their crowns in comfort, but in tribulations and temptations. So do not be impatient, nor think yourself uniquely unhappy. Many have sorrows, and this is yours. Lay hold of this hour. Tomorrow night, you must not drink. To ensure this, you must not drink now. Do not go back to your bed for that destructive repose. The genuine rest you seek for your soul is found in cutting away this excess, not surrendering to it. Your prayer for your son and wife is to not be drunk. The answer to your own prayer begins with your own hand. Do not take the first cup. When the thought comes, call out to Christ with the same fractured cry you have just offered. This is sobriety of mind: in the season of temptation, make not haste to the bottle. Fly for refuge to Christ as a child flees to his mother’s bosom, and He will do away with the fear. He is contriving by this very delay and difficulty to keep you cleaving to Him. Your sin is not undone in a wish; it is undone by the merciful power of God meeting you in your moment of decision. Go to that dinner clinging not to your own strength, which has failed, but to the God who makes a way of escape in the very teeth of the temptation.