[Silverdragon102]

Originally Posted by rntobsntomsn

Thank you for starting this forum. I have just admitted to my addiction. I am beginning meetings with the peer assistance nursing group in my area. I have an unblemished 16 yr career in nursing. This is a hard road for me as I have always been the good nurse, good wife (codependent), good mom, good grandma. To admit I have a problem is very hard. I have control issues!! Actually these control issues helped me to hide my addiction. If you only abuse 1/2 Lortab once or twice a day it is hard to admit to addiction. I know this may seem paltry to other addicts but for me it is an addiction. I never diverted, I never bought drugs on the street. Thank you for a place to vent. I just signed on with the Recovering Professionals Program and agreed to 5 years of monitoring and random drug testing. I also called my BON and reported my addiction. Yes, they would have found out about since I was arrested.

Welcome to the site and to the forum. Good luck on your journey and know you will find support here

[Cattitude]

Finally! I haven't been around in quite a while and was pleasantly surprised to see this new forum. I'm happy to see that All Nurses is allowing a space for those struggling with addiction and recovery to "speak".

I'll post my story as soon as I finish reading all the others.

[krazykev]

Very nicely done! I have been hoping for sometime that Allnurses would start a section for nurses in recovery.

[Kim O'Therapy]

Originally Posted by rntobsntomsn

Thank you for starting this forum. I have just admitted to my addiction. I am beginning meetings with the peer assistance nursing group in my area. I have an unblemished 16 yr career in nursing. This is a hard road for me as I have always been the good nurse, good wife (codependent), good mom, good grandma. To admit I have a problem is very hard. I have control issues!! Actually these control issues helped me to hide my addiction. If you only abuse 1/2 Lortab once or twice a day it is hard to admit to addiction. I know this may seem paltry to other addicts but for me it is an addiction. I never diverted, I never bought drugs on the street. Thank you for a place to vent. I just signed on with the Recovering Professionals Program and agreed to 5 years of monitoring and random drug testing. I also called my BON and reported my addiction. Yes, they would have found out about since I was arrested.

Best of luck to you. I applaud your honesty and willingness to accept help. We're here if you need to vent.

[busyrnandmom]

Thunderwolf - My name is still Anne and I have posted on this won derful thread before concerning recovery. I just wanted again to tell you how very much we needed it and how happy I am that is here. You are just wonderful!! It is great to talk to my sisters and brothers in ''there with me, such as Tazzy, Tweety, Cat, and you, who have already posted. Thanks again, and you are great!!! Keep up the good work!!!

Anne, RNC 7 years and counting!!Thunderwolf, Cat, Tweety, and Taz, yall, as we say in Louisiana, are my heroes!!!

[Thunderwolf]

You are most welcome.

[jaiamyrrh]

hi guys..can i tlk to anybody?

[sirI]

Originally Posted by jaiamyrrh

hi guys..can i tlk to anybody?

Hello jaiamyrrh and Welcome to allnurses.com

Good to have you with us.

Sure. You can talk to us. What's on your mind??

[kbell99140]

This is a little off topic, but How do any of you handle filling out applications and you have to explain why you were investigated by the board and that you had a DUI? I have been clean and sober with alcohol since 1998. In 2001, I was wrongly accused of diverting medication. After the investigation, and $5000.00 later, I was found not guilty but still have to answer on the applications that I was investigated. I feel ashamed and embarrassed and don't know how to handle it. Most employers don't even want to hear the circumstances they automatically assume I was guilty. How do you handle the rejection?

[peanut88]

I've found that a nurse with a past DUI'(s) is way better off applying to work for a large organizations . They have a seperate Human Resources Dept, which really helps decrease the amount of malicious gossip - the kind that ruins jobs, careers,,, Be up front, they're going to find out anyway. And remember, you are not the first nurse with a past, and thank God it is the past.