A friend is some one who I trust my life with, I respect them and they respect me! If I have a problem my friend knows it and will bend over backwards to help me with it just like I will bend over backwards to help them with a problem.
A drinking buddy I can trust with my life as long as I am drinking with him. A drinking buddy has respect for me as long as I am drinking with him. A drinking buddy will bend over backwards to help me with a problem as long as we are drinking.
Drinking buddies are a dime a dozen, want one? Go to any bar and start buying rounds, you will have as many as you can afford.
Real friends are priceless!
Spiker when my father quit drinking he told me one of the things he learned when he quit was who his friends were and who were his drinking buddies. I really had no idea of what he was talking about until I quit. After being sober for a while I was able to see my drinking buddies were all they were.
My REAL friends supported me just as much as my family did.