Old 02-26-2013, 06:16 AM
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doggonecarl
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To borrow a term from the Friends and Family side of the forum, you have every right to set boundaries. For your friend, that boundary might be, "I will not carry on a phone conversation with someone who is drunk."

When I was still drinking, my best friend, who had left AA and resumed drinking, came to visit me. The level of his drinking was alarming and I was at a loss for what to do. Finally his moral lapses crossed the line of our friendship. I asked him to leave. He was welcome to return, but only if he was sober.

I never saw him again. He killed himself three months later.

I still wonder if I handled it wrong. But objectively, I'm sure I did the right thing.
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