New to this area of the board, not sure if trigger warnings are required but if so, warnings for suicide and alcohol.
Backstory:
I was friends with a guy at college, always just friends but quite close.
We lost touch when we left college (about 15 years ago) but we’re FB friends.
Last year we started swapping likes on posts etc and at the start of this year I messaged him and we’ve chatted on and off since then, sometimes daily, sometimes every few weeks. It was like we never stopped talking, we got in great and talked about all sorts of stuff.
Its been clear his mental health is poor but he won’t talk about it.
Today:
He’s messaged today to say he tried to kill himself recently, failed and now he’s trying to drink himself to death (suspect this isn’t the first time, his liver is pretty screwed and the dr’s have told him not to drink)
I don’t know where he lives (aside from the town) and I’m not in touch with any of our mutual friends from college anymore.
He’s wankered, that much is clear from his messages but he won’t say where he is, or let me go to see him and I’m at a bit of a loss? He’s very dear to me but I feel totally stuck. What do I do?!