I'm in a terrible jam and looking for suggestions. Please no jokes or snide remarks.?

2010-06-11 17:29:28 UTC

I am an American man (57 years old) and have been living in Thailand for the past 7years. Over the past year, I have had a string of catastrophes happen. I was in a bad accident in a taxi that I was a passenger ... fractured skull, cuts, three bones broken in one arm and a mangled wrist that required surgery. I had a fairly successful business operating at the time. The taxi company "disappeared" (this is Thailand) and I got stuck with all of my medical bills. During the recent public unrest here my business partner embezzled all of my money while I was in the hospital and he disappeared. I went bust just paying my hospital bills. I am now at the point where I am flat broke.

There really is no option for me other than to request that the American Embassy repatriate me to USA. I have already spoken with them and they have agreed to do that. They will pay for my plane ticket back to somewhere in USA that makes sense. I will have a debt to The US State Department for any costs that they incur by helping me. I have no complaint or problem with that. I am grateful that they can help me.

Here's the problem ... I have been in Asia for the past 15 years and have no family or friends anymore in America. I am flat broke. How do I get started again? Where do I go with no money and no support system? BTW, I am not a drug addict or vagabond ... posses an M.B.A. from a good US university (32 years ago), lot’s of varied experience (but not in USA for 15 years), no criminal record and have always been a diligent working man all of my life. I have never in my life been depressed ... clinically depressed before. But, I am now. There is a world of worry hanging over me. It’s dreadful.

I don't know where in the states to go. The USA economy is dismal. How am I going to find a job and where am I going to live? I have never been homeless before and wouldn't even know where or how to live on the streets. I’ve got to be out of here within the next week. It doesn’t make sense to start applying for jobs right now. I can’t interview and I don’t know where I’ll be in a week. I need to find a place in the states to live, hang my hat and start from there. My priority is to decide where to head to in order to get a new beginning.

I am open to all sensible suggestions or ideas. Please no jokes, nastiness or the like. I am telling you this honestly and can't handle snide remarks. Please be specific with a city to go to and recommended plan of action. I am totally lost and I must do something within the next 7 days. I’m not asking anyone for money or trying to pull an internet con job.

Thanks.