Hi Michael,
Its every true. I often look around me with astonishment when I realize where I've been, what I've done and survived and how it all turned out. I realize that every decision ever made bought me to this very point in time. Accident or chance? Who knows. Would I trade it? No. Would I have done some things differently? Perhaps but then the smallest and most mundane decisions we make can have an impact that lasts a life time and beyond. So accept what is.
I will say that I'm learning that sobriety and living by principle does not remove challenges and disappointment in our life but it does make them easier to deal with. I won't fall into the mistake of believing that because I'm clean and sober the world owes me any favors. The rewards in terms of spiritual gifts and other intangibles makes every moment sober worth it as you realize the 12 step promises.