#would have more stable friends than the wammy's crew to help them out haha

[13eyond13]

how do you think the wammy's would react to a good friend of them being a drug addict/alcoholic? but like, a super HIGH functioning one

LIGHT: 

I think he’d see it as a weakness and/or a personality flaw. He probably wouldn’t get the appeal of regularly drinking or doing drugs at all, as he loves being entirely in control of himself and his surroundings, and he is far too focused on his own ambitions to bother getting involved in other people’s stuff unless they’re interfering directly with his plans. Misa seemed to be slipping into a depressing sort of alcoholism by the time they were living together for example, and I don’t think he cared one bit, because it wasn’t getting in the way of his goals. Light’s idea of being a supportive friend through something like this would probably be urging them to get help and lecturing them about how they’re harming themselves, then offering to check them into rehab or something like that. He’d come off as condescending even if he meant well, because he just wouldn’t be able to relate.

L: 

I think he might be a bit less judgmental about it than Light because he’s way less concerned with sticking to behaviours that society deems healthy and socially acceptable. He seems to get by mostly on coffee and junk food rather than drinking or drugs, but he’d possibly still relate to the notion of using unhealthy vices to fuel your life and/or cope with stress. I don’t think he’d be that concerned if they were high-functioning addicts, though. He’d likely be blunt and stubborn about it if he ever did choose to intervene, and his idea of helping out someone in this situation might be to throwing a bunch of money at them to pay for therapy or locking them up for a while if they needed help quitting a hard substance cold turkey, haha. I’m sure he would be very good at that.

MELLO: 

Mello’s mafia life seemed extremely casual about drugs and such, going by the “you been smoking too much crack, Jack?” line, lol. It was probably so common for him to be surrounded by addicts that he would barely even notice, unless it was an extreme situation. I could see him being understanding if his friend came to him specifically saying they thought they had a problem and wanted to change, but if they weren’t struggling obviously in any way then I doubt he would worry about it too much.

NEAR: 

I could easily see Near being sympathetic about it and I could also see Near being scornful about it, it’s a bit of a tricky call. I very much doubt it’s something he’s dealt with himself, but he’s also pretty understanding and nonjudgmental of the people he cares about, too. It seems like the sort of thing Near would notice but choose not to bring up unless his friend started openly struggling with it more and chose to mention it themselves. Then he’d give them a very frank opinion about it, express his concern for their well-being, and offer his support however he could.

MATT: 

I feel like Matt is very likely this guy himself, and/or associates mostly with friends like this. I’m sure he would care about a buddy if they ended up really struggling because of it, but if they were still high-functioning then I think he’d just see it as totally normal and understandable and carry on with life.

BEYOND:

I think B is far too wrapped up in his own grudges and ambitions to be much help to anyone by the time he’s an adult, but I do headcanon him as having experimented with substances a lot in his teens because he was trying to be a rebel /a very curious and experimental person / lonely and confused and stressed about his life. So at the very least maybe B would understand where his friend was coming from, and perhaps he would be able to sympathize with them if they ever needed to talk.