90 day countdown.

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Today, for the first time, I'm counting by days. 90 to go. Year one in TPAN went slow. Year two flew by. I had wondered if the closer I got, the slower time would seem to move. The answer is yes. The first six months flew by with the joy and freedom of stepdown. But the rest crept by. And the present seems to be in slow motion.

All I can think about is Chinese food drenched in soy sauce, dying my hair and drenching myself in insect spray before I go on a hike.

Time moves on nomatter what. So, I am determined to enjoy these slow creeping days!!!

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Congratulations!

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Specializes in OR.

Woot!! I’m right behind ya....

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Specializes in Critical Care.

Congrats! Here's to not worrying anymore what you can or can't eat!

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Let me tell you. Life is fantastic without monitoring. Congratulations!

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Specializes in ER, ICU/CCU, Open Heart OR Recovery, Etc.

Indeed it is! Congratulations!

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For those of you who finished, did the last few months go slow. Right now it seems more like a higher mountain of time to climb than than the one I looked up at the start of the program.

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Congratulations!!!! What a great accomplishment! I wish you all the best in your sobriety!

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Congrats! I kept a countdown app on my phone and checked it multiple times a day for the entire 3 years! I honestly felt like the last 90 days went pretty quickly.

I was fortunate that I ended up being released a bit early. My end date would’ve been 8-20-2018, but I was told via email on 7-19-2018 that as soon as the results came back from my last drug screen (done on 7-19) that I would be done! On 7-25-18 I received my completion email and my spectrum account was disabled. It took a week from the last test because my case manager was out of town for two days, but he’d already warned me about that when he let me know he was releasing me, so I wouldn’t panic about not getting the release notice right away? I think that last week was the longest!

I don’t want to get your hopes up about an early release, it was a pleasant surprise for me!

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I've steeled myself against hopes of an early release. I would be thankful for it not to extend beyond my contract date. I've heard it sometimes a take while. My caseworker is great though she's got a great sense of humor. On my final day I'm going to email her and in capital letters say, push the button push the button.

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Specializes in OR.

I would not describe mine as “great” nor as having a sense of humor. I know exactly when this godforsaken contract ends and it WILL be that date or someone had better have an extremely good explanation why it isn’t. “I’m on vacation” or “I didn’t get to it” is unacceptable. ??

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Kel,

I am pretty sure you know how my release went. I was on my 4th case manager of my program and I am pretty sure she was not very computer savvy. She was very nice though. I emailed her on my day of completion asking if it was indeed completing that day, and she responded yes, that would be my last day in the program, and a big congratulations. I still logged in for 2 days after because of my paranoia. The last month was the longest ever and I fumed each morning at log in thinking if I was going be picked again to test. 18 tests that final year for me. Good luck, hang in there, you are so close and freedom is amazing!

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