

That friend let their once-stratospheric achievement go to their heads and made all the wrong decisions. You’ve had to watch that friend throw it all away in a downward spiral of gambling or drugs or whatever.

Whatever happened, those days are long over. Maybe that friend just came through for you when you really needed it. This friend did something great once-maybe they scored the winning goal in a high school football game, maybe they were valedictorian, or gave an amazing performance in a play put on by the local drama club. Readers, I hope you haven’t genuinely experienced this but imagine you had a friend, a really great friend with a ton of potential.
