Patagonia, I am a recovering addict. Not meth, Opiates. I know lots of recovering meth addicts..

I can tell you that addicts lie. I used to lie about stuff I didn't even need to lie about, compulsively .. no idea why. It was like I was honing my skills.

Addicts are self centered to the core and manipulative. They can also be exciting and alluring, but a using addict is gonna hurt you. In active addiction and even in the first few years clean, I would pretend to care about others so they would like me. I was lonely because I was only interested in me, and craved attention..

Being an addict, clean or sober is a hard life. There are things we can do to change and make it better .. fuller.. It sounds like your friend is a ways away from happy..

Sorry