Originally Posted by
DayTrader 
....were it not for alcoholism quite frankly threatening to kill me, I doubt I'd ever looked or if I would have been willing to try the type of spiritual living that I do now.
Looked at that way, alcohol and alcoholism were among the best and most positively influential teachers I've ever had.
That. The phrase "a peculiar gift" has stuck with me and I am one of those who does indeed believe that alcoholism is the best thing that ever happened to me (ref p 418 BB). I wouldn't be the person I am today without it, and living on this side of it.