> The obvious question to me here is why you're "friends" with people like that? I'm sure a lot of people loved others who have had drug addictions, joined a c

> The obvious question to me here is why you're "friends" with people like that? I'm sure a lot of people loved others who have had drug addictions, joined a cult, or were fed misinformation by a group of zealots. Sometimes being a friend means "in spite of" not "because of".