That was worth a lot more than two Kopeks! It's horrible to "give in", can be counterproductive to just "despise" it, and suicidal to mud-wrestle with it.
For
anyone to learn how to live as a person with a Y"H needs a little sechel, a lot of trust in Hashem, and a lifetime of siyata diSmaya, period. In a way, it may actually be
easier for an addict, cuz he/she
can't afford to wrestle with it,
can't give in to it, and
needs to l earn how to just fall onto Hashem.
SYNICISM WARNING AHEAD! (enter at your own risk)
No rebbe will condemn his student's YH with as much disgust as the rebbe who is
losing the battle with his own YH.
Well, don't say I didn't warn you...