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When a friend's addiction threatens the friendship

My closest friend from high school has been drinking more and more over the past year and when I tried to bring it up gently, she shut down completely and has been distant ever since. Our mutual friends have noticed too but everyone's afraid that saying anything will push her away further.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The instinct to preserve connection is colliding with the need to name a dangerous truth.

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