[twobone]

My oldest friend (since grade 4) has gone officially AWOL.

I had lost touch with him and no longer had contact info...little did I know...

I facebooked his brother to see if I could reconnect. Here is what he. Told me:

-after his father died, he started drinking and spiralling into a depression

-he lost his job
-he locked himself into his spare room for a year, until his second wife said enough and left him.
-they sold the house and he has not been heard of since 2010.

-the last rumour has him in Thailand, burning thru his cash from the sale of the house at $5-7,000 a month.

-his family (including his 80 year old mother) does not know if he is alive or dead.

This is a guy that I spent most of my mispent youth with.

He was always a guy who was very social, but just couldn't quite get his sh@t together to the same level as his peers

I just find it strange how someone can have a demon inside that come alive and takes them so far off the grid.

Part of me hopes he is having the time of his life living large somewhere and that he will come back and try to get it together.

The realist in me says he will go broke, get caught doing something stupid, get deported home from whereever he is and possibly end up in jail.

Mostly, I hope he is not dead or addicted to smack.