An old college friend of mine....very smart, very successful, graduated a year before me, from SMU. Started a great career with a national company. He was making good money, and kind of fell in love with the party scene. Started drinking a lot, and found himself with 2 DUIs in the span of 6 months.
He was not in a good place, then as fate would have it, he met a girl one weekend. Overnight, his life changed for the better. He quit drinking, stopped hanging out with bad company, and their relationship got serious. They've been married now, for 11 years.
She was/is the best thing that could've happened to him.