Why do alcoholics make random friendships with strangers? The last few addicts I’ve known has been known to meet the strangest of strangers

If you want to get technical, everyone you know is a complete stranger. You only think you know someone by a consistent pattern of behavior, do you ever stop and think if they would act the same in a different environment situation or circumstance. Your co-worker of 5 yrs is always nice and polite to people so there for he is a nice and polite person? His ex girlfriends say he's angry and mean when he gets home but you never met them or seen the man outside of a work environment. Character and nature of a person must be assed by environment, situation and circumstance. If behavior changes when those 3 factors are placed upon a person then you find out they were actually a stranger for 5 whole years 😉