DRossy

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1. Rehab Success Rate???

   DRossy replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Recovery

   That is ridiculous.

2. Oregon Nurses in Recovery

   DRossy replied to DRossy's topic in Recovery

   Thanks, you too :)

3. Help my wife got caught diverting

   DRossy replied to got_nurseing73's topic in Recovery

   That's a great idea about AA sign in sheets to take to the board. Also, maybe go to the IOP she went to and have her sign an ROI for the board, since they'll ask her to do that- might as well show up with it done.

4. Rehab Success Rate???

   DRossy replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Recovery

   Okay thanks

5. Rehab Success Rate???

   DRossy replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Recovery

   I often wish I'd done something else for a living since all this happened, even with as much as I loved being a nurse. But, yeah, I definitely wasn't chasing a high so much as trying to secure my death. And I don't want to sound like a high school ki...

6. Rehab Success Rate???

   DRossy replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Recovery

   Cats- thanks for that. I just have so much guilt associated with what I did and when I compare it to you or my girlfriend, it makes me feel like a total a-hole. Or when I compare it to people like Spanks who did something outside work...Still coming ...

7. Rehab Success Rate???

   DRossy replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Recovery

   And the DUI thing, seriously? What the hell does that have to do with your job? Why can't people be alcoholics outside of work anyway, as long as they don't go to work drunk, or drink at work? Last time I checked alcohol is legal and being an alcohol...

8. Rehab Success Rate???

   DRossy replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Recovery

   Honestly, when someone loses everything, friends, family, their livelihood, their dignity because of something they had no control over- I don't know how they wouldn't be bitter and negative. The stigma associated with mental illness is very real and...

9. Help my wife got caught diverting

   DRossy replied to got_nurseing73's topic in Recovery

   It's an f-ing nightmare for her and for you, it really is. Being married to an addict is really hard. Being an addict is really depressing as is losing your identity. I don't think she should walk away from nursing though because finding gainful empl...

10. Rehab Success Rate???

    DRossy replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Recovery

    To clarify the post above, it didn't happen in a day, like she went crazy and I called the police and she lost her job. It was more like two months after she lost her job and had her meeting with the board before I called the police and asked them to...

11. Rehab Success Rate???

    DRossy replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Recovery

    Might as well say- she's actually my girlfriend. She went crazy, I didn't know how to handle it- was trying to get her to go to the hospital, she wouldn't. I was afraid she was going to hurt herself or me or the kids. So, I called the police and aske...

12. Rehab Success Rate???

    DRossy replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Recovery

    Also, my friend that has bipolar disorder, the last job she had was working at a food packaging factory for minimum wage- she has two college degrees... that's the best she could get and obviously that's not enough to support herself and her two kids...

13. Help my wife got caught diverting

    DRossy replied to got_nurseing73's topic in Recovery

    I think you're being supportive by being on here asking questions she's too depressed to ask so you can give her an idea of what to expect. It's not like losing an income is no big deal for most families- it's a huge freaking deal. Just ignore any ne...

14. Rehab Success Rate???

    DRossy replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Recovery

    So, my friend who was a nurse had a bipolar manic episode- came out of nowhere, she didn't know she was bipolar, it was totally unexpected, unplanned, obviously no one chooses to be mentally ill. She didn't show up to work because she knew she wasn't...

15. Rehab Success Rate???

    DRossy replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Recovery

    Sucks there aren't any SMART meetings near you, they're a lot better than AA.