Currently visiting Osaka from US with a friend who’s in recovery and for whom travel was much more of a trigger than either of us realized. He started drinking about 24 hours ago and it’s escalating (as I once prior saw it escalate to a detox hospitalization/and he is drinking what I think is quite a lot).
He insists he can handle this/manage himself for five more days until our flights back, I don’t see how this would be possible. He agreed to take a flight back to the US tomorrow but the only one I can find has a three hour layover and he doesn’t think he will make it on the second flight.
Advice? Support? I’m very worried for his safely while also trying to care for my mental health. I hoped to get him back to the US ASAP because of additional resources there/potential difficulty getting emergency detox treatment here – but now I am worried whether he will make it there.
(I know this is not the travel sub – but I think locals may have more helpful advice on resources etc, I hope this can be forgiven give the emergency)
by NotTara