Using the spiritual strength of the month of Elul to help us to stay strong, and grow not decline.

The summer is a time of letting go and being lax in the structure of our lives.  The Rabanim often warn us to be careful not to have a spiritual decline in the name of vacation.  Now as Rosh Chodesh Elul is upon us we should use the spiritual strength of the month of Elul to help us to stay strong, and grow not decline.

Several people that I know have recently lost their abstinence.  I asked my sponsor how this can happen and she reminded me that abstinence is a gift from Hashem, we have to daven to stay abstinent every day.