ISNAP anyone?....

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I am almost done with month 6 of a one year monitoring agreement with ISNAP. I have been in complete compliance, attended all the meetings, all-negative UDS, submitted all of the forms, etc.

I was told that I might be able to petition out of the rest of the agreement at the 6-month mark. Is this true? I am not an addict, I had to disclose a DUI charge from my past..and was classified as "alcohol-abuse".

Is it worth trying to petition out?....If so, how do I go about doing it.

I'm getting married in 7 months, in an RN-MSN program, working full-time and it would help tremendously if I didn't have to call every morning, ,make sure I can attend the meetings and cough up 75 bucks for each drug test.

Any info would help :)

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Specializes in Impaired Nurse Advocate, CRNA, ER,.

Why not contact ISNAP and ask them how to go about requesting early release? If you ask and they say no...you're no worse off than you are by not asking, AND you won't have all the anxiety of wondering.

Let us know what happens. (Congrats on your pending marriage!)

Jack

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Well, better brush up on my writing and persuading skills.

My case manager told me that they normally don't grant early release..but I can try writing an appeal letter, with letters of support from everyone involved in my Recovery...which would only be my worksite monitor. I guess it wouldn't hurt to try. I was hoping for more of a chance but we will see what happens.

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While we do not have an ISNAP in my state yet, I was able to reduce my probationary period from 5 to 3 years by writing a request to the BON. I just figured it was worth a shot. The first year that I wrote to them they turned my request down but the second year they appoved it. I just wrote a very matter-of-fact letter outlining the positive aspects of my recovery. It took over 6 months from the time that I sent the letter to the time that I received the response but obviously it was worth it.

You never know unless you ask. Good luck to you.

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Thank you!

I've decided to wait 2 or 3 months to submit an appeal, I think completing 9 months monitoring sounds better than just 6 months.

I know I only have a year agreement, but this program does nothing for me, and I feel it's a waste of their time and my own time (and money). I know what I did was completely unacceptable, and life threatening, and it was way out of character. I paid for it when it happened, and now I feel like I'm paying for it again....just worse.

I am not dealing directly with the BON with this, so responses come quicker.

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