Can people addicted to drugs and alcohol be true friends? That is a good question. The answer is yes and no. That is right. The answer is both yes and no. How, you may wonder. Quite simply because a person with a drug or alcohol addiction can be a true friend as much as he or she is capable of being, but you also have to understand that reliability is not going to be one of his or her strong points.
A person on drugs does not stop caring about you or wanting to be friends. They do not wish you ill or want something bad to happen to you. If they has the money, they will help you out of a jam. If they has a roof over their head, they will offer you a place to spend the night. However, when they is out there in addict town, they will not be thinking of your needs or comfort or wants, they will be all about that feeling they are in.
He or she will not be able to drive a vehicle or perhaps even walk steadily on their feet. They will be hungering and desiring that next fix and will not be able to zero in on what you need. So you will have a true friend, but they will be one who is without the ability to function or feel emotions in a responsible and mature manner.
A man or woman can be on drugs and alcohol, own a home, pay their bills on time and still sit right in the middle of their living room and cry because he or she is alone and you do not understand them. Yet, they will give you money if they have it, food out of their fridge and sing you a song (probably off key).
They will not see your opinion on politics or other topics unless it agrees with theirs. Perhaps not even then if he or she is truly out of it. So perhaps the real truth of the matter when asked if someone with a drug or alcohol addiction can be a true friend, would be yes, provided you do not need him to be there emotionally for you. Kind of makes it not worth the trouble, except that you remember the person beneath the drug or alcohol addiction and you want that person, that true friend, to come back. Be a true friend yourself and help that person come back into their own again.
Nick Hayes is a graduate of the Narconon drug rehab program in 2005. Nick takes much enjoyment in writing, and feels there needs to be more information about drugs and alcohol provided to the people of the world. He believes nobody should have to go through an addiction.