Welcome to our new Nurses & Recovery support forum

Nurses Recovery

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The Staff at allnurses.com wish to welcome all members who may wish to use and benefit from this new forum.

If you have not done so, please read the forum description found at the top of the forum page for it will be followed very closely to ensure a safe and warm environment for our members wishing to abstain.

If you are struggling with smoking and need to vent and/or to obtain some support, you found the place. Are you overeating, overexercising, overdrinking, etc.? The key words here are "over doing it" and maybe feeling out of control.

No one here, including the Staff, can ever profess being an expert in the realm of addictive behaviors. However, Staff and members do wish the very best for each other and will support those desiring improvements in their healths.

Specializes in Neurosciences.

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

Specializes in Onc/Hem, School/Community.
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:specs:. 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.:o

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

Specializes in ER, TRAUMA, MED-SURG.

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,:clpty: 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!!:yeah:Thunderwolf, Cat, Tweety, and Taz, yall, as we say in Louisiana, are my heroes!!!

Specializes in Med-Surg, Geriatric, Behavioral Health.

You are most welcome.

hi guys..can i tlk to anybody?

Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.
hi guys..can i tlk to anybody?

:nurse:hello jaiamyrrh and welcome to allnurses.com:nurse:

good to have you with us.

sure. you can talk to us. what's on your mind??

Specializes in home care (mostly peds).

I'm glad this forum is here. I have been in recovery for longer than I kept counting (almost 20 years, can it be?) I forget I am in recovery until I get invitations to social events that center around alcohol, indeed alcohol is part of the title of the event (i.e., wine and cheese) and then I wonder when the day will ever come that people want to see each other for each other and not the wine. Probably never. It's limiting but no longer frustrating to me. I distinctly remember how much my job performance and relationship skills improved when I quit drinking for good. Funny that!:yeah:

Specializes in med/surg.

Hi, I'm an overeater & smoker... I really would like some tips to help me quit both habits... any advice on how to beat the sweet tooth/smoking cravings... anything that's helped anyone else may be of help... I've tried quitting smoking several times... with no success... I recently graduated & kept telling myself that until school is over...then...well now I'm working 32 hrs a week NOC shift & I've actually gained more weight... doesn't help when DH comments on my x-large gut & dairy air... he's not mr slim anymore either.... I guess I just need some support to get back on track & somehow get motivated to exercise & hopefully get back to some where near my previous weight...I want to be healthier & feel healthier... another side note...I DETEST veggies... I can only stomach raw carrots, & corn. Sorry I rambled so long... thanks to anyone willing to listen...

Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
Hi, I'm an overeater & smoker... I really would like some tips to help me quit both habits... any advice on how to beat the sweet tooth/smoking cravings... anything that's helped anyone else may be of help... I've tried quitting smoking several times... with no success... I recently graduated & kept telling myself that until school is over...then...well now I'm working 32 hrs a week NOC shift & I've actually gained more weight... doesn't help when DH comments on my x-large gut & dairy air... he's not mr slim anymore either.... I guess I just need some support to get back on track & somehow get motivated to exercise & hopefully get back to some where near my previous weight...I want to be healthier & feel healthier... another side note...I DETEST veggies... I can only stomach raw carrots, & corn. Sorry I rambled so long... thanks to anyone willing to listen...

I would suggest on one thing before attempting the other, When I used to support patients who wanted to do both we started on the stop smoking and then worked on the over eating as can be stressful stopping smoking and people do tend to put on weight when stopping smoking. You will find many will support you on here so good luck and let us know how it goes

Hi, I'm an overeater & smoker... I really would like some tips to help me quit both habits... any advice on how to beat the sweet tooth/smoking cravings... anything that's helped anyone else may be of help... I've tried quitting smoking several times... with no success... I recently graduated & kept telling myself that until school is over...then...well now I'm working 32 hrs a week NOC shift & I've actually gained more weight... doesn't help when DH comments on my x-large gut & dairy air... he's not mr slim anymore either.... I guess I just need some support to get back on track & somehow get motivated to exercise & hopefully get back to some where near my previous weight...I want to be healthier & feel healthier... another side note...I DETEST veggies... I can only stomach raw carrots, & corn. Sorry I rambled so long... thanks to anyone willing to listen...

My husband is the same way. And I'm not that much over weight, he's just used to me being a slim, hardbody, but age tends to make you a little lumpier!

I know most people resent it when their spouses make comments about their weight, but it actually helped me and gave me incentive to lose. If he had said " Oh honey, don't worry about it, I love you just the way you are" I would have probably stayed "just the way I was". But I couldn't stand those comments and it helped me strive to be the person I once was.

Specializes in Corrections, neurology, dialysis.
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:specs:. 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.:o

Thank you for sharing your story. How brave of you to talk about your situation. :redpinkhe

You are so right - addiction is addiction. Even though you never bought drugs on the street, you're an addict just the same as someone who does. There is danger in comparing yourself to another addict. It takes the focus away from yourself and your own recovery. As addicts we have all done things we're ashamed of. We're filled with self-loathing for the lies we told, the people we have used, the manipulation, the selling of our souls. We're all trying to restore ourselves to sanity and forgive ourselves for what we've done to ourselves and others to feed our addictions.

We're all in this together, and by the grace of God we'll get through it together too.

I wish you all the best in your recovery. :nuke:

Specializes in IM/Critical Care/Cardiology.
Thank you for sharing your story. How brave of you to talk about your situation. :redpinkhe

You are so right - addiction is addiction. Even though you never bought drugs on the street, you're an addict just the same as someone who does. There is danger in comparing yourself to another addict. It takes the focus away from yourself and your own recovery. As addicts we have all done things we're ashamed of. We're filled with self-loathing for the lies we told, the people we have used, the manipulation, the selling of our souls. We're all trying to restore ourselves to sanity and forgive ourselves for what we've done to ourselves and others to feed our addictions.

We're all in this together, and by the grace of God we'll get through it together too.

I wish you all the best in your recovery. :nuke:

Well said.

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