... and some more bad news. Ex's buddy contacted me this morning - apparently ex is having seizures, and was taken (back) to the ER yesterday after he fell and hit his head while seizing. Buddy also says that ex has been drinking more or less non-stop for the past week, which does not surprise me. The seizures are new, however, and probably really bad news.
I am told that ex has agreed to enter a ten-day medical detox program ... tomorrow. I suspect the odds of him actually showing up are small (it's easy to say yes to something "tomorrow").
(Buddy also forwarded me an email he received from ex in which ex describes how he imagined he was going to cut his wrists - pretty horrifying).