Sometimes Positive Events Go Boom! In the Night

I finished reading Everything Happens for a Reason, but before I put the book on the shelf and get down another, here is one more important point to consider:

"We see all the time, but suddenly we see something new and different that pierces us to the core. It feels as dramatic as the difference between the darkness of sleep and the light of awakening.

"It's just that we need something to make us see. And that's why the bad things that happen to us have the power to produce real change in the area of self-acceptance and in every other. Nothing wakes you up and makes you see like an explosion." (https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/385817-everything-happens-for-a-reason-finding-the-true-meaning-of-the-events)

I couldn't see my self-centeredness and pride. I needed a dose of humility. Drinking was the "explosion" that opened my eyes. God gave me what I needed. Everything, including addiction, happens for a reason.