kford50

I have been accepted into the nursing program, I was once in a clinic and now I have a doctor who treats me for methadone, blood pressure, thyriod problems..what I am saying is he isn't a free giving methadone prescriber. Anyway I would say methadone saved my life...there are so many uneducated people out there who are against it and usually are the ones who never walked in the shoes of and addict and I praise them for that and hope they stay there, however I tried cold turkey so many times, Bradford rehab, being locked down by loved ones and truly it didn't work. I didn't get were I was over night and I wasn't going to recover overnight or even in a month or three. See people don't realize that being an addict is also a lifestyle one you have to change and with methadone clinic and the tools they have, going everyday and earning the right by staying clean to get a few days of take homes was all part of the changing the way you live. You can not give an addict a weekend or a weeks worth of meds they will take them or sell them to get their d o c. If you work the program and use the tools you will get better. I lost everything and now I have a home, building a house accepted into nursing school go on vacation several times a year, enjoy my family, bought a travel trailer and spend weekends camping at the lake and yes this is because I stayed in the clinic and got better. I hated going everyday but that is a good reason to get clean. I just wanted to feel normal and methadone makes me feel normal. I will soon come completely off of methadone but not until I want to, not anyone else. I am the addict not my friends and family an I am the one who will suffer from wrong decisions. I know you have to be patient with the program b.c it took me a few weeks to stop other things and realize that the drugs I wasn't getting was being blocked by methadone. So, I think the methadone clinic would be an excellent place for him, and a lot of love don't let people put him down for the clinic. Methadone is med that is made to help addicts and with the tools to go with it, you can get better.

My director told me to bring all prescriptions and turn them in at the time of testing. Some people don't understand that even if you are prescribed and the meds are legal some schools require you to come off them. This seems really wrong considering it is a prescribed med from your doctor. I would rather know someone is healthy and doing ok rather than forced off meds and taking care of me....

I am not a nurse and just got accepted into nursing school. I was accepted into two programs, but being I am prescribed medication by my doctor and he does not think that I need to come off it at this time I had no choice but to turn down one of the schools. They say no medicine in system prescribed or else.. not even a diet prescribed med. I find this very hard to believe you can do this to a person but my situation leaves me in no place to argue. I have taken the acceptance to the other school and will have a drug test soon. I am going into nursing b.c I want to not for the money. My current job makes as much if not more, so this is something I really want. I am so afraid that my meds will prevent me in the end....upset