metnaj23 replied to NurseNicole75's topic in Nurses Recovery
You will be expected to have an evaluation with a certified addictionologist. The cost is around 400-500.00 dollars. The doctors are very good in detecting deception in regards to use of alcohol and...
5 years is fantsastic and you are very blessed. I have heard alot of slogans that were never in the Big Book of AA. Meeting makers make it!! was never in the first or any other edition of the Big Book...
Im coming into the nursing profession with 4 years of recovery. The florida board of nursing is still making me jump through he hoops.I was evalauted by an IPN approved addiction medicine doctor. He...
I think that forming a nurses group is an excellent idea. I was wondering if you had a sponsor? I have found that it has been a tremendous resource for me.A sponsor or (trusted friend) is somebody we...
Its crazy how things work out.It is so hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel when things are starting to go bad. You are fortunate it ended when it did.Everyone has to hit a bottom. I wasnt a...
Most people who come to the attention of their states BON most likely have a problem. I would justify my drinking as partying! everybody parties.I would have to take several different pills just to...
metnaj23 replied to lovelynurse123's topic in Nurses Recovery
I will be sober 4 years next month. I also have a crmininal history that I accumulated during the course of my drinking. I had to tell alot of people that maybe I didnt want to tell. I needed a letter...
Good luck! Remeber that no one has abandoned their family, been to jail,or wrapped their car around a tree because of an extra piece of birthday cake:D Recovery gives us a whole new set of welcome...
One of the geatest things about recovery is their really isnt any social order. A drunk doctor is no diffrent then a drunk off the street. We all share a common problem with a common solution. I would...
I just recently went before the Florida board of nursing and they approved me to take my exam. The only condition being that I undergoe an evaluation by IPN. I have been sober for 4 years next month....