HPRP

How did your process go?

What testing did you have the first 90 days? Did you have a hair follicle test for alcohol or just the Speth test?

Sorry to hear what you've gone through, sounds frustrating. We're you allowed to stay in the program without a job? I don't have a job right now and I'm wondering if they will even allow me in ever program. 

Laura RN said:

All were required in the first 90 days. I can say I enrolled in March and end or middle of June was my first peth. I do not drink alcohol. I had a drink In July of 2019 in was 2020. It was two urines per week, I got a hair test pretty early, but since I was in covid things were so messed up. There were a lot of new places, nothing was open, and I was fired from my job, and since I was sheltering I was excused from drug testing until we were released. But you have to watch these people when they take your specimens too. I had a place actually take me from my sample. Saying it was to warm. Put me into another room. Then never allowed me to watch them dispose of it. They wouldn't let me watch them seal it into the fed ex shipping. They argued with me threatening the police on me, and I had to report it to the lab. The manager came out acted like I was being unreasonable when it was why I was in the program. I trusted the wrong person. I went in front of the administration judge and the drug test was thrown out I was sent back to the board for proper punishment. They still want an eval from this HPRP.. I will have zero to do with HPRP EVER AGAIN.. I am clean sober.. but I won't give my money or time to HPRP. I Am actively looking for a recent consent would you be willing to share

Could you please tell me what the evaluation was like? Do they contact your family members as part of the evaluation?

I haven't gone through the evaluation yet, I will be doing the intake interview on Friday. I think that when you do the evaluation that they need to talk to 3 references. The counselor doing your evaluation will contact the names of people you give them.

My best advice is to retain a lawyer who has experience with this. He told me who to pick to do the evaluation and how to answer the evaluation questions and the HPRP found no active AUD diagnosis so I didn't have to go through the program. The evaluator did make me provide one reference (I gave him my friend), but after they met to review his assessment, they wanted to confirm with my PO that I had been discharged from probation early and had passed all tests. After they got confirmation from her was when they called and told me I don't have to go through the program. Hope this helps. 

Was your lawyer expensive? Where are you located in Michigan? Do you mind sharing who did your evaluation? Or you could message me if possible. Thanks

I'm in metro Detroit. My lawyer was Aaron Kemp with Chapman Law Group. The retainer was $3500 and I was refunded the $1800 that did didn't end up using from the retainer, but obviously a lot of variables factor in to how much you would actually pay.  They will give you three people that would do your evaluation and the lawyer looks at the records they have on file in regard to who has the best outcome (read: doesn't dx AUD and refer to treatment) and will encourage you to go with that evaluator, so it could be different for everyone. 

Great, thank you very much I appreciate your help.

What type of drug/alcohol testing did you have to do before your evaluation? Also what questions did they ask during your intake? Thanks again for your help