Hey INH is back with his take on the attitutdes of the handbook principal by principal. We are up to #8, you can read 1-7 on the previous page.
Principal #8
Its a long, tough road ahead for our recovery but if we can remember one statement throughout if we ever feel like its too hard its this: "Le'phum Tzarah Agrah". This loosly translates into: The amount of effort and toil we put into it is the amount of reward we get. Hashem does not bring us down to this world so we can sit by a pool and sit on beach chairs and coast through life. He wants us to work and work hard. If at one point in the process it is too hard for you, you are on the right track. Fixing this addiction is our NUMBER 1 priority from now on. Nothing else that has to do just with us (thats for you all you fathers/mothers) should push this aside. If we make this secondary then it only gets secondary treatment. When was the last time everyone had a parade for the team that lost in the Super Bowl? Never. Doesnt happen becauase they came in second! Give the parade to healing our addictions to lust.