Many, many years ago when i was still just a teenager, one of my cousin's on my mothers side(not the Scottish ones) got into drug related problems and difficulties. She ended up living in her parents house with her equally drug afflicted boyfriend who was a proper nightmare. I remember at a family do he turned on my uncle,who was an older,sweet natured chap who wouldn't hurt a fly and my Dad had to dish him out a kicking. This dragged on for months and in the end they went AWOL and it was only several years later that she turned back up at my uncles funeral and then got herself sorted out. She is 15 years older than me so i was never that close. In recent years she has dropped off the map again but i hope she is okay??

Sorry to hear about your friend and his problems. Hope you all get it sorted somehow!