He appreciated Will having the elves contact the others. Adrian knew he wasn't up to owling anyone right now, and discretion was the farthest thing from his mind. That worried him, and told him that he definitely needed to calm down before deciding on a course of action; he was always discrete when it came to things like this.
"No," he said shortly, "I need to keep my head clear."
If he started drinking now, he wouldn't stop, and he couldn't afford to be sloppy about this.