While climbing an unfinished sky scraper in Russia, I was a hare's breath away from reaching the last poll before I plunged 1488 feet to my untimely demise.
12 step recovery jargon referring to someone new who talks about how great life is, now that they'resober. Usually meaning that the person is out of touch with reality.
The new guy seems pretty happy for a dude who has no job, no money and no family. He must be on a pink cloud.