Originally Posted by
MyItalianLove 
People who have parents or relatives who are alcoholics don't walk away
Yes, we do indeed walk away when that is the best thing for us to do. I cut my alcoholic parents out of much of my life. I left and divorced my alcholic husband. I have ended friendship with alcoholics. I had to to save my sanity and to build a good life for myself. I couldn't cahnge, cure or control them. I could and did decide I didn't need the madness that is alcoholism in my life.
It comes down to accepting them for what they are and deciding what they means for you. Accept that alcholism is part of who they are, that they are not going to change. This certainly seems to be the case with your friend.
So, what are you getting out of this friendship besides pain and drama? What need inside you is this relationship filling? Is this what you consider part of a friendship? Or is a friendship suppsoed to be between equals, adult who respect and accept each other and do not cause each other needless pain?