Friends don't let friends __________!

Being a friend is hard work.
Sometimes my friendships make me feel really YOUNG but then sometimes they make me feel really old.
I don't know when I got old enough to have friends struggle with REAL problems.
When you are little you hear about people drinking or doing drugs and all that but you never really think you are going to have to face it.
NOW, Thank the Lord I don't have any friends who are off getting high or drunk every night but I do have friends who just struggle with stuff.
I struggle with stuff too. A lot. Just... those kinda things never appealed to me. Maybe it's my past family history. Knowing my grandparents both came from drinking families along with my Dad coming from one too... drinking has affected my family more personally than some and then drugs just seem to go with it. If you wouldn't do A you shouldn't do B.
I just sometimes don't know how to be a good friend when somebody's screwing up. Not even with drinking or things like that... when somebody is WRONG in a fight, or when somebody is not treating another person fairly.
I suppose I should think about how I would like people to treat me... but again I come up short with a thought. When I mess up I don't really tend to notice I've had people there helping me along the way until I'm finally past it. (HOW IS THAT FAIR?)
I guess the only real answer is... just keep being a friend. Don't be afraid to bring up a "touchy" subject but do it with love. I know my friends know where my opinion stands so I suppose shoving things in their face won't solve any problems.
I think in friendships we gotta pull a Motel 6 and just make sure they know that "you'll leave the light on for them".

Last thing. Anybody (as in all nobody who reads this) else find it hard to WANT to impact or help somebody and just having to accept that God isn't planning on opening that door yet?
Again, I suppose that is where we need to learn to PRAY for people rather than focus on things we can do or say to them at the moment.

I'm thankful for friends I really am... I just feel like sometimes it's way harder to BE a friend than to MAKE a friend.

God's a good friend though... a best friend... THERE'S a guy who knows how to be a friend.