FoxMulder

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I never did get a hair or blood test. only urine. about twice a month. called in ONE single Saturday in my entire time. you are doing awesome. keep it up. it's worth it. I remember I had a ton of questions in the early time and no one to answer them. hated it. if you'd like to message me I can either give you my number to text or we can DM. if not, cool too. I wish you all the luck. you got it.

I am not writing this post to brag. I wanted to write to hopefully inspire. Long story short, I am a recovering alcoholic and three years ago I hit bottom. I was intoxicated at work. I was reported. Consent agreement included permanent restrictions, weekly meetings and THREE years of daily check ins for random drug testing. I have been sober for over three years. This past January I hit the two year mark on my monitoring. Absolutely 0 compliance issues. I decided last week to write a letter to the Board asking to be released 9 months early from monitoring. I figured the worst they could say was NO. The board met yesterday and today I wasn't able to check in. I confirmed with my monitor that I was granted early release after 2 years and 2 months. I immediately began crying and couldn't believe it. the Ohio board of nursing is known to be brutal. I tell you this story to inspire you to KEEP GOING. I thought I would never make it. If I can do it, I assure you, anyone can. I'm not special. This may be an unpopular opinion, but I believe monitoring helped save my life. I got a second chance at life and every single daily check in was worth it. If you feel like it will never end....IT DOES. and it will sooner than you may know as long as you do the work. If anyone ever wants to just vent, message me. I understand how hard it is. but KEEP GOING. thank you for reading.

sorry you have to join the club LOL. it sucks but you get used to it. you are billed monthly on the same date each month. they will automatically charge the previous month’s tests on that date. as long as I go to a Labcorp, I pay no collection fee at time of test. just pay the 41 dollars for that test next month automatically. I’m only about a year in a 3 year program unfortunately so it’ll be a lot more money to come.

in Ohio, 9 months into a 3 year consent agreement. get tested on average twice a month. urine only so far. alcohol was my DOC