Unexpected Blessings

This evening, I was on the phone with a friend who has just gone through a particularly bad breakup. Part of the reason it has been so bad is the fact that her ex is narcissistic. As she has spent the past 2 days describing her relationship and the qualities of her ex, I have tried to assist her by using my professional experiences as well as personal struggles with sex and love addiction to illustrate my points.
As I was describing my most recent relationship to her and the traits of my most recent qualifier, I heard my relationship as if I were a third party observer. And oh my God, was it ever an eye opener?! Matter of fact, if a friend of mine had a relationship like the one I had last year, I would encourage them to run like hell as fast as they could. My friend is heartbroken because her ex treated her like my latest Q treated me and that was the advice I gave her as well. Give up, accept it, be grateful you are rid of the toxic entanglement, and never look back.
I truly feel as if God saved my life by helping me to get out of that trainwreck/shit show. Reflecting back on the relationship now, I can clearly see all of the red flags. Also, I cringe at how I let my ex treat me and how quickly I bent over backwards for him when I didn't even know the guy! Yet again, God has saved me from the Devil!!!