i had this best friend (16 yrs of friendship minus 2 yrs that we “broke up”). i’ve been there for him through his heroin addiction & recovery, but our friendship stopped on his end with no explanation. i tried and tried but it was obviously very one-sided.

it was one of the most painful “breakups” ever but i didn’t wanna smother him bc i know when people need space, then they need space. esp people who are recovering. and sometimes they don’t have the energy to get into the whys and i just have to respect that out of love

well i finally texted him last night saying i miss him and i hope he’s doing okay and that i’m sorry if i was ever a toxic friend in any part of our friendship and i would be perfectly okay if he didn’t reply to me, i just wanted him to know i’m always thinking of him

WELL HE TEXTED ME BACK! and he apologized and said i’m the greatest friend https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😭" title="Loudly crying face" aria-label="Emoji: Loudly crying face"> but that he wasn’t the same person while tapering off his methadone then and he didn’t wanna bother me while i was busy transitioning into this lab career, and now everything makes sense to me

we’re catching up now and it’s like nothing changed between us and i’m freaking happy crying https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😭" title="Loudly crying face" aria-label="Emoji: Loudly crying face"> i can’t even explain how happy i am to be talking to my best friend again https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😭" title="Loudly crying face" aria-label="Emoji: Loudly crying face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤️" title="Red heart" aria-label="Emoji: Red heart">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤️" title="Red heart" aria-label="Emoji: Red heart">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤️" title="Red heart" aria-label="Emoji: Red heart">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤️" title="Red heart" aria-label="Emoji: Red heart">

my heart feels like its gonna explode, i’m so happy right now. i don’t even care if 2020 continues to go to hell cause i got my friend back in my life and it literally made my year. i won’t be sad about nothing else.

it’s* gonna explode