I have become more spiritually aware as of late, and the book sounds interesting in that respect. I see man as a being of self-made soul , that we do what we do with our innate freewill to build-on from what nature/nurture have given us.
When I first read the post I go stuck on the "if" parts, I think I saw it saying that' if' you choose a certain perspective 'these' outcomes are open to you , I just wanted to add that the 'path' is open to everyone, I do not believe that there is or can be an overriding 'condition' that makes attaining the goal of sobriety out of anyone's reach.
Choose a better, you can and you deserve it because what 'if' you don't ?