DRossy

Hi, just looking for other nurses in Oregon that are currently in recovery; currently in the Portland area myself. Trying to build a good support system. Thanks

That is ridiculous.

Thanks, you too :)

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.

Okay thanks

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

No, I haven't read The Sober Truth but, I'm so worried about running out of money I'm even limiting my food intake... worried I'll end up homeless. What I really don't understand is how the $&@! it isn't a HIPPA violation to publish our drug or a...

I also want to tell you a little more about SMART meetings and how they differ from AA. Like I said, they're secular. The framework is based on Albert Ellis's Rational-Emotive Behavioral Therapy; so, it focuses on changing negative and unhealthy thou...

Also, since you talked about wanting sustained recovery- I recommend you talk to your doctor about Naltrexone; it really does decrease cravings and if you relapse, you can't get drunk, which makes the relapse pretty pointless. Anyway, the movie expla...

I know I already recommended the movie "One Little Pill" to you- I just wanted to add that you can watch it on Amazon. I think you'd really enjoy it. On the description of the movie it says, among other things, that "science has shown that abstinence...

They'll revoke her license if she doesn't respond...

I read that no AA is just as effective as AA. In other words, it's ********. I personally think that the 100% abstinence kinda sets addicts up to fail. You relapse then hate yourself and that guilt and shame just sets you up to pick it up again and a...

From my experience they could care less if you end up homeless... You do what they say or your license is gone. They expect you to find a way to pay to jump through their hoops. Basically, from my experience- what SpankedinPittsburgh said is 100% tru...

Unfortunately, it will also be very difficult for you to get a job in nursing with a criminal record and with two misdemeanors it will be a while till you can get them expunged.

I highly doubt she would go to jail for this, I've personally never heard of it; I wouldn't worry too much about jail time unless she was diverting then dealing the drugs or something of that nature. The board will likely suspend her license and she ...