I say you do whatever is best for you and only you and your treatment providers know that. Do whatever you need to do to stay sober for those babies because they need you more than any job or letters behind your name. I have been dealing with the nursing board since 2012 for purchasing opiates on the street. period. I have never been in trouble at a job or place of employment... I have had more and more time added for minimal material noncompliances such as forgetting to check in by 2 pm one day ( I even tested on my own). the board waiting a year and a half to decide they didn't have all of my monthly forms... missing a couple of meetings due to illness...( not ever once failing a drug test).. I am fairly unorganized, but that's about all I am guilty of yet here I am in 2025. I finally got a lawyer in 2023 and just now got another consent agreement for 2 months, yep, 2 months. I'm still not sure that these 2 months were only given so they can find something else to add more time. In between these 3 material noncompliances were 1 1/2 years to 2 years waiting on the board to decide what to do with me, which was always another consent agreement. These are facts... So, if you do not think you can deal with any of that please do what is best for you...And I can assure you I have been sober from my doc (opiates) since August of 2012... I completed 1 year of drug court and 5 years of supervised probation without one issue/problem or failed drug screen... for my crime of purchasing a narcotic on the street which was conspiracy...yet all these years later I am still dealing with the nursing board....