there is not some password or flawless synthesis of logic you can present to get that person to see what you see. But if you want to help, Savage said you can let the person know, even if you haven’t spoken to them in a while, that if they ever want to get out—to stay somewhere, or even just chat—you will be there. You won’t judge, interrogate, or throw it in their face. You’ll just pick up the phone, open the door. If the person is anything like I was, they might not be effusively receptive to this offer; they might scoff and dismiss it. They might even stop talking to you for a while. But
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