menardspsychnurse

BabyLady, you are absolutely correct. I made a mistake. I took something for my headache and jepordized my recovery. I was simply saying I think this was the point where I realized that I wasn't working an honest recovery. I was avoiding rules, the recommendations from my care providers as if somehow my addiction would go away. This is the reason I am grateful for HPSP and the board of nursing because without them I would most likely be using and in a hopeless state of mind. Today I'm in a hopeful state of mind. Just as Jack said, I believe god has a plan for me, so I have faith in him. Only he knows what will happen next week at my board review appointment. I know I need to be willing, honest and openminded..

Thank you for replying, yes, I've been clean and sober since January 25th 07. The opiate that I took was for a headache, my cousin gave it to me I didnt think twice I just took it. I was in pain and didn't think about it, untill it showed up on my screen. If I was goin to relapse I would have had a big glass of wine. Anyway, I'm currently working as a psych nurse here in MN. I have my doctors support to keep working and I've already sent all of my information (support letters, doctors notes etc.) to the board. When the monitoring program dropped me I really kicked my program into gear because I guess I realized that this is serious. I usually seem to learn the hard way ... -having faith

Hi, I am wondering what will happen to me when I go in front of the board for non compliance (not attending AA enough meetings, failure to get a sponsor etc.) with the monitoring program that I was involved with and taking a opiate (not my drug of choice) for a headache, it was found on my drug screen. I was involved with the monitoring program for two years and I guess I just tried to get away with not working my program, they discharged me unsuccessfully. The board was obviously notified and I have to go in front of them to defend myself. I do not have an attorney. -scared