[quote=briansd1]. . . I think it’s good advice but he won’t see anybody where there’s a record that can resurface later.
Security screening can uncover medical records and affect his job. [/quote]
brian, your friend can see a mental health professional, attend rehab and detox and/or obtain hypnosis or other treatment on his own on the sly as long as he is able to pay for it and thus keep it out of the “big insurance computer in the sky.”
He just has to save up at least a month of annual leave (if he doesn’t already have 4-6 weeks “on the books”), put in for it and tell his co-workers he’s going on vacation. No one would be the wiser :=]