Who was the last person you purposely cut all ties with, and why? {serious}

I cut ties with my brother a few years back. It was an accumulation of years of shittiness that motivated me to do it. Growing up, he was the "cool" older brother. He was six years my senior, and the only sibling out of the three who paid me any attention. So, I always hung out with him, and excused a lot of the things he did. Looking back now, I realize he was a horrible influence. I feel I should've cut ties waaay earlier. Just to give you an idea of the things he did/influenced. -First time I ever smoked cigarettes was with him. At 8 years of age, after he insisted I try it. -First time I smoked weed? With him, at 13, on his insistence. (Weed is not bad, mmkay. But it was still an illegal activity, and I was pretty young.) - He let me try his coke at 15. - Bought some coke off him, with my first paycheck from my first job. He ripped me off, but I was too naiive to know it at the time. $100 got me the equivalent of 1 line of baking soda. -Started cooking meth my junior year of high school. He would get me to skip school and visit him, at the trailer he was cooking in. Talked me into doing meth. Spent half of my junior year of high school tweaking balls. -Stole money from various family members. -Got caught out at midnight on a school night with his child in the car and a crack pipe in his pocket. Who'd he call to pick him up? yours truly. -Lost my virginity, gushed to him about it. He slept with that person a few weeks later. - Introduced me to a shady group of people, including: A guy who got me really high and told me, while rubbing the inside of my thigh, that he couldn't wait for me to turn 18 and a guy who was recently sentenced to life for abusing his own children. - Pawned his son off on our elderly Aunt. Visited about once every 6 months or so, even though he lived only 10 miles away. -Molested our step-niece. (She was 6, at the time he was 16. Was in a juvenile facility until 18.)

I ended the relationship a few years ago when I found myself 23 years old and making subway sandwiches for a living, spending all my money on drugs and partying. I quit all of that bullshit, moved to the closest college town and started pursuing a degree. I'm currently a few classes away from my bachelor's, and working as an auditor with the state government. Haven't touched anything heavy in years. I realize I made a lot of those decisions myself. He didn't force me. But at the same time, I wish I hadn't idolized him. I wish I had never wasted those years of my life trying to emulate his lifestyle. When I told him I was cutting ties he physically attacked me. Just further confirmation that I was doing the right thing.

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