"Worthy of his sufferings"

(Vatchi):　 Sotto, I think you're right. He's almost talking like a Norman Normal now. Enough chaos has preceded this. Jim should be grateful for what he has now and grateful that his past, horrible as much of it had been because, finally,it has brought him to this point in his sobriety. 　

　　 Jim has become "worthy of his sufferings". He must learn to accept this or I think he is primed to become a victim of his past once again, Sotto. 


from All Drinking Aside (Rough Draft, Chapter 69)