Has anyone ever had to end friendships that threatened their recovery? For the past 4-5 weeks, I've been in a low spot and I've had to put distance between myself and some friends. Two friends wanted me to help them through their divorce (which was WAY too close to my own for me to handle). I had to cut one friend loose because she was sucking me dry and another because she pretty much told me to f myself because of my mental illness. There's a lot of distance between myself and my /best/ friend of 30+ years for the same reason.

In short, has anyone had to end or greatly modify friendships in order to keep their recovery healthy? Three of these four relationships were at least 10 years and people that I was close with. I'm having a hard time swallowing this. I feel very alone.