Friends: Blessings or a Curse?

Friends so far in my life have proven to be more of a blessing than a curse. I have heard stories and takes of horrible things friends do to friends and makes me wonder is friendship a curse of a blessing. Lately to me, friendship has been a blessing because of the kind of people I have eventually surrounded myself with, people that make me feel good about myself, people that I can be myself around. I have been blessed with people that try to make me my best self and so on. But not from experience but stories, I have learnt that not everyone that poses as a friend us a friend some of them are people that are out to get you, people that are just there to drain you mentally, financially and socially. My point is be careful of who you call a friend as they could either be a cure or a blessing.