Our friend group has this unspoken thing where we all pretend Jake's drinking isn't getting worse, and I'm tired of organizing our whole social life around bars while watching him disappear into himself. Some of us have talked privately but no one wants to be the one to bring it up with him directly.
More people experience this than they realize.
Collective silence in the name of loyalty can become its own form of abandonment.
“Where Are You with Chemistry vs. compatibility?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.