Those of us who purely care about his well-being are trying to clear the "bad apples" out of the system bit by bit. Our friend happens to be in the legal cannabis business, so it's tricky because of the "circles he runs in," to begin with... as we've progressed into the process, it seems he really did know he needed help, but wasn't ready to admit it... but yet was pretty open to his friends "forcing his hand."

I think sometimes we just need other people to give us "permission" to do what we know we need to do.