I think what we gain from each other is how similar we are. I don't think there is any other arena in my life ;family, college, work, etc, where I felt like others articulated my exact thought process.
I have rarely read a post that I didn't identify with, the feelings, the negotiating, the rumination, the struggle, the joy, the sadness...And we are all in different states of flux constantly, so that we truly get it. We really do understand what it is like to want to moderate, I don't think there is a person here who can't identify.
Someone said it so well the other day, i wish I could remember who, "moderation is like trying to eat cake with a straw".
We are here TM....understand the struggle.