I Think Good Friends Are Rare

I met a guy on my flight back from SD to TX. He is a younger guy, maybe in his mid 30’s. We talked a lot on the plane about my situation and his recovery from alcoholism. He has been texting me ever once in a while, and I would occasionally text back. For some reason I feel so bad about all this. He’s an extremely attractive man, but he seems to be masking his unhappiness. He was and is too upbeat and tries too hard to sound positive. Something about this is making me feel uncomfortable and I don’t know how to go about this new friendship...