history: A friend of mine died Thursday and I hadn't called her in a few weeks.  A friend of mine died Thursday and I hadn't called her in about in a month That's terrible! I'm really sorry to hear that_comma_ but even if you could have said something it doesn't just make it better. I couldn't be around her much because she on pills really bad.
current: Is that what happened to her? My mother was like that as well. It's terrible to watch somebody you loved turn into someone else because of an addiction.
next: My mother was too and that's why I couldn't be around her much also