WPainter, in some sense, your choice of metaphor of climbing a mountain to describe your sobriety pursuit suggested your support model. Would you agree with that?
What if one were to decide or experience that achieving and maintaining sobriety weren't anything at all like summitting the Eiger?
I appreciate you placed a caveat in your narrative that this is only your experience, but you still stuck with the whole concept of a climb. This may not describe others' experience in any sense. For example, unlocking a door or solving a puzzle might be a more accurate comparison.
Thanks for sharing, WPainterW. I enjoyed reading about your climbing experience.