Whether this awareness is viewed as a hitting bottom phenomenon or in more traditional motivational terms, there does seem to be a connection between readiness to change and recognition that negative consequences can be directly linked to a behavior.
Readiness to change and recognition of positive consequences to a behavior may be connected. 
mnli hypothesis: Readiness to change and recognition of positive consequences to a behavior may be connected.  premise: Whether this awareness is viewed as a hitting bottom phenomenon or in more traditional motivational terms, there does seem to be a connection between readiness to change and recognition that negative consequences can be directly linked to a behavior.