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Old 04-02-2015, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by freshstart57 View Post
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.
I have no experience in actual mountain climbing nor intend to have any. The particular metaphor isn't important. What's important is what works for the individual. What's important is sobriety. I have had that experience.

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