I agree. I am just not sure if this friend was told to or not to mention anything to OM, or if the friend is actually encouraging the A with W or not. Obviously with the OM, so I can assume she is with her too. Perhaps this "friend" just told OM so he would not kill himself or something. Not the best way to go about it though, and I am not going to assume that.
Oddly enough, this was the first time W has hung out with this woman outside of AA, to my knowledge. First time I have seen any evidence of encouragement from someone else too. I want W have have friends and hang out with them, but that will not help. Would be nice if she had her old friends to hang out with.