Currently in Osaka 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 from Osaka has a three hour layover and he doesn’t think he will make it on the second flight. Alternative is to take 3 hour train to Tokyo (I could get him to Tokyo) and then get him on a direct flight there.
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.
by NotTara
