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1. Before you judge the addicted nurse.....

   michirn replied to michirn's topic in Recovery

   That's oversimplified but yes, indulging frequently in a high fat, fast food diet will likely lead to heart disease. Frequent use of narcotics will likely, eventually, lead to an addiction to those narcotics. When the CDC defines addiction as a dise...

2. Before you judge the addicted nurse.....

   michirn replied to michirn's topic in Recovery

   again, your first sentence cracks me right up

3. any nurses/nursing students on methadone?

   michirn replied to milksteak's topic in Recovery

   Oh, I read an article once that criticized methadone clinics for their tactics in tapering dosage to wean patients off methadone. The article said they do it very rapidly so the person suffers and gets back on a maintenance dose because it's too awfu...

4. any nurses/nursing students on methadone?

   michirn replied to milksteak's topic in Recovery

   elkpark, No actually it's because withdrawal from Methodone is so long and awful that they usually can't live like that and run back to opiates. I've heard people rant and rave about wishing they'd never started Methadone it's so bad. You sound li...

5. Before you judge the addicted nurse.....

   michirn replied to michirn's topic in Recovery

   Imintrouble, Is that what I'm doing, absolving myself of the guilt, shame, disgust, and responsibility for my actions?? I better up my game because it's not working, I have PLENTY. I wallow in it daily. Every single step of the way, every single tim...

6. Before you judge the addicted nurse.....

   michirn replied to michirn's topic in Recovery

   RubyVee, I actually did laugh out loud after reading that first sentence. You certainly will judge my addiction, and my writing, and the IQ of half the population. Your personality is familiar to me, plentiful in the ICU in fact. I've done some read...

7. Before you judge the addicted nurse.....

   michirn posted a topic in Recovery

   I graduated from my nursing program well over a decade ago, magna cum laude, worked step-down for a short time then proceeded to ICU where I was excellent nurse (per my coworkers and managers) I joined the hospital Nurse Practice Counsel and had many...