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How to handle a longtime friend who's become toxic to the group

Our friend group has been together since college and one person in it has become really difficult to be around — drinking too much, always negative — but we all feel guilty about the idea of excluding someone we've known for fifteen years.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A community bound by history is struggling with how to address one member's behavior without abandoning their shared values of loyalty.

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