Why did you and your best friend stop being best friends?

We'll call him Bryce. I was always a good kid. Did my school work, hardly ever went out to hang with people. I was quiet for the most part, had low self esteem and kept to myself. Until I got a Facebook during my freshman year of high school.

Everyone I went to school with pissed me off. Started being "that guy" in the comment section. Bryce would join me in the comments. We didn't realize how much in common we had. Started hanging out a lot afterwards. Introduced me to smoking cigarettes, got drunk, got high. Mostly weed though. He had his own car and we'd drive all around. Me, Bryce and another friend who we'll call Matthew. The three amigos skipping school among other things.

It was fun for awhile because I lived close to Bryce so if he had plans he'd always invite me. He was there for my first heartbreak. I credit him for helping create the foundation of confidence I have now.

But he and Matthew just got too into weed. Always getting high and always telling me that was the key to happiness. Then they started trying out pills, psychedelics, and other drugs. I wasn't about it and couldn't keep up because I kept having panic attacks. After a couple of months of being clean I eventually admitted to my Mom about everything.

Matthew ended up getting kicked out for all the stuff he was doing, and had to move across the country with parents that would take him. Bryce had been in and out of jail while always doing something to inebriate him. Even got my younger brother involved. We caught up every now and then but had a falling out one day after disputing how I handled a situation with my brother. Haven't heard from him since.

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