To understand what detachment is versus to actually detach

Easier said than done.  I fully comprehend the concept of attachment and try to detach from whatever I'm attached to.

Smoking, drinking, over-eating, spending too freely, scattering my energy, getting too caught up in worldly ambitions, or speaking too harshly are now behind me.  It took many years and many tears to realize that all of these are impermanence.

That leaves only one illusion to detach from.  Trying too hard to rid myself of this attachment could be a mile stone to measure how close to enlightenment.  That path to liberation, I must remember, requires that I walk the middle road.  To do it excessively and unconsciously will throw me off balance and off the intended path.