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For those who maybe didn't quite hear it the first time:

I am not going to lose a best friend because of mental illness and past bad choices, and I am certainly NOT going to deal with any of it via phone or the Internet. I'm going to be right here and wait for my mate.

If there's something wrong in that I'll gladly take the risk. There are things that must be healed and a precious friendship that must be reassembled to serve both better. Out of respect for S and out of respect for all the things we've gone through together, I'm not going to give up and I'm not going anywhere. I care about my friend and I am not going to let things slip by unsolved, no matter how long it takes to make it better. I have no ill will and I'll always be there for you.