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[quote=Anonymous]I've stayed in touch with a guy I've known since high school and we chat from time to time.  Of late, his life is on fire and we've been rehashing the same problems (he's broke, his marriage is crap, he runs his body into the ground and gets sick all the time...).  As he's long-distance, I tend to use the internet as a buffer, only replying when I have the time and inclination to deal with his drama.  For the most part, this has worked.

Recently, he went on a bender and was basically wasted for a whole week.  He blames his wife, says she coerced him into drinking, blah, blah, blah.  He has taken very little responsibility for the event, and yet refused to even discuss leaving the person he claimed was responsible (his wife).  Ever since his binge, he has been moody, mopey, and basically a "debbie downer."  He has also been passive-aggressively picking minor fights and lashing out at me.

I try to be a supportive friend, because he's obviously in a great deal of pain and under stress.  However, there's only so much "wah, wah, wah, poor me, everything sucks" I can hear before I feel like telling him to just STFU and do something already!  At the same time, if I pull back and try to withdraw from his dramas, he becomes even more neurotic.  I don't want to be a crummy friend and leave when he's at a low point, but it's starting to eat away at my own happiness, and I'm dreading our conversations.

Help?  What should I do?[/quote]

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