Lunacat28

I eat whatever I want. The only thing I avoid is poppy seeds because I got slammed for that in the beginning and I've never even done drugs ever in my life. (don't ever buy Thomas everything bagels btw, that's what made me pop positive). There's alcohol in literally everything, and just don't take medications that aren't prescribed to you.

I've never self-reported. I don't even have a SUD so I'd never report myself LOL. A coworker reported me to our supervisor because I "didn't seem like myself" ( I was slightly hungover, nor did this person even bother to talk to me first) & I had to undergo testing, and of course I popped positive for alcohol... I was out with friends on my ONE DAY off the night before. Whether my job reported me or not, I don't know. I was never contacted or anything for any type of investigation. My job just told me to apply for this program, so I did. I've been in it for a year now, so I have my monitor and everything set up already. I just wanted to know if there was a way to officially see if I was reported or not because my license is clean when I look it up.

I see so many people on here talking about the BON and hearing that they've been reported by their employer, etc. I'm in my states monitoring program and have been for the past year and I still have a little over a year left (I'm pregnant so apparently I'll be getting extended by 3 months while I'm out on maternity leave, which is absolute BS considering they'll continue testing me anyway). Anyway, I've never been contacted by the BON or The office of professional discipline to let me know I'm being investigated, etc. so I'm really curious if my job ever actually reported me? I just entered my states monitoring program because that's what I was told to do by my job (I still work at the same place). My issue wasn't diversion, it was alcohol. I have no AUD, was just hungover. Mistake on my part, I know. I just want to know how I would find out if I ever was reported.

I already told my case manager back in December! I try scheduling my tests when I'm picked in the mornings so that way I don't have to worry as much about dilution. My agreement is for 2 years, I'm supposed to finish in early 2026

Thank you everyone for your replies. My state doesn't do hair or PETH testing. The only time they'll do a PETH is if you pop positive for a urine. I'm not really stressing about the epidural because I don't even want one, I kind of just want to go natural while giving birth (or atleast try to for as long as I can LOL) simply to avoid the extra BS. My case manager is so nice and supportive which I'm grateful for. My next progress meeting with the program is in about a month and I'll probably tell them I'm pregnant during that meeting and then hear what they have to say regarding testing and such after birth. If I could just have my testing paused for a week or 2 rather than 6 weeks, I'll be happy. Narcs and all of that isn't my issue, never have I ever even tried any of that stuff. It's just annoying that I pretty much have to give them my PRIVATE medical record from the hospital in order to prove that I've been hospitalized on this day to that day, the reasoning and how I was given such and such medications. NYS is pretty forgiving compared to the horror stories about other states on here, but I'm also just venting because it's irritating no matter how long you have to do this for. I was super sick this past week & couldn't even take ANYTHING for relief which caused me so much stress because I worried so much about whether my baby is still okay or not.

Hey everyone, so I have about a year left in my monitoring program (NYS) and I'm currently pregnant and due in August. Currently, I'm stressing out because I hear stories where they pause testing post delivery and extend your monitoring 6 weeks or until you go back to work, which I think is ridiculous because I'm allowed 12 weeks of maternity leave & I do not want to be extended 3 months, but I also don't want to force myself to go back to work so quickly just because I want to finish this program. I'm also annoyed that I would have to drag my newborn back and forth to Quest. Not a fan of forcing to expose my child to people who may be sick just to pee in a cup. Anyone here been through monitoring while pregnant? Bonus if you've gone thru it living in NYS since I NEVER see any posts regarding that state. I'm in the program for alcohol (sober since July 2024) and have never done drugs ever in my life. I want to know if it's possible to get out of this early as me and my husband plan to try for another child right after I birth this one, so I feel like it's pointless to keep me in this program...