When I see her name appear on my WhatsApp, I don’t even open the message. I archive it, to look at another time. In some ways, you could say she archived me 15 years ago, that I was no longer urgent ...

Dear Eric: I have a friend who has struggled with mental health issues following a breakdown a few years ago. She has a diagnosis and is on medication. She is not supposed to drink alcohol while on ...

When I was kid, my mom’s best male friend was this big, boisterous guy named Lowell who never met a vice he didn’t indulge in. No, seriously. He chain-smoked, and he was always flying off to Vegas to ...

Bethany Clarke and her lifelong friend Simone White, both from Orpington, southeast London, were on a night out in Laos in November when six shots resulted in tragedy. Simone died after unknowingly ...

Dear Amy: My husband has gone skiing with seven of his male peers for 17 years. One of these friends, “Patrick,” is an alcoholic whose out-of-control behavior during previous ski trips has been ...