Deos, I'm pretty sure them looking through your medical records is illegal. HPPA and all that. Them denying you for a job over that seems kinda sketchy to me.
Anyhoo, I feel like there is a lot of scare mongering going on here.
The truth of the matter is in the US, they have to detox you from benzos. I wouldn't worry about your record. It's a private medical file. Afaik they aren't centralized yet. I've been on suboxone and been to detox a couple of times. No flags on my record yet. Most docs I go to don't even ask for prior medical records. I could still easily get benzo and adderall scripts if that's what I wanted.
You should always go to a hospital and or detox for benzo withdrawal if you are addicted. I really don't understand why everyone on this board just doesn't bite the fucking bullet and take care of themselves. Count your lucky stars you aren't in jail and actually have that option to go to the hospital. If you are addicted to benzos you are going to have a hard fucking time tapering. Talk about a slow death. They won't just stick you in a chair to make sure you don't have a seizure, they are required by law to detox you because they know you can die. Give up the fight, don't worry about the bill, don't worry about your record. Big deal, if you can't get a benzo script anymore. I went to the hospital a couple years ago to the ER and I didn't pay my bill. Nothing on my credit either. I've heard they aren't putting that on your credit anymore and they didn't put it on mine. Thanks Obama. Tell them you are coming off of alcohol too. They medicate you the best for that and you will be comfortable. You need to be supervised. None of this 'do it yourself at home with depakote or something' because it ain't gonna work. Take care of yourself and get the help you need.
Best of luck.
Be careful with gabapentin too. There have been a few people on this board that leave the detox center with gaba scripts. Taking high doses of the stuff and find themselves having to kick another drug after the fact. I think there may be some correlation between benzo abuse and having a tough kick with gaba. Make no mistake, kicking gabapentin for some people i just as bad as benzos. It's kind of like opiate and benzos at the same time. Pretty much hell if you are sensitive to the withdrawal. Watch out for that.