I don't think "convenient" entered into it at all.
For those of us who have had close relationships with "Wades" in our lives, we know that they believe themselves to be pursued by misfortune at every turn -- and in a sense they are. But more importantly, they feel powerless to change the course of their lives, and this leads them to behave in ways that have still more destructive consequences.
Then, on any given day, when one or two or three separate crises come to a boil, they blow up in a big way.
Another part that rang true for me was Wade's tendency to see phantom conspiracies operating against him. It inflates the sense he has of his own importance, like he has a cause or a crusade to fight for, and only he can do it -- because only he can see it, despite trying to convince those around him.
Also, because drinking.
I'm no member of the temperance union, but it was pretty clear that given Wade's volatile personality, in concert with the circumstances he was faced with, picking up that bottle towards the end was a sure recipe for disaster.
Personally, I think this is one of the truest, most devastating representations of a regular guy on the way down I've ever seen. It's all the more powerful because -- even though we're rooting for him -- his downfall feels like an inevitability (and I don't mean because the narrator tells us at the outset).
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