Totally makes sense starsky...I guess I even get that There is no guarantee to any of this but if I wasn't something to change,I have to be that change. Working on it too. I have dumped multiple ideas on the last week simply because they were either spite based or magic bullet pipe dreams. I am now focusing more on me instead of her and trying to make me better while also trying to not enable her.
You don't have to "try" not to enable her. Just a few good rules to keep you from funding your "old buddies" transgressions and current path. Why should you take care of a buddy running against you now?