skinnedknee

Hi Everyone, It's been years since I've been on here. I self reported in august of 2013 to HPRP (Michigan), stayed in the program for almost two years. I dropped for financial reasons. I will receive my 5 year sobriety chip this coming August. I also...

I can just feel your tension in your writing! It's really messed up what we did with our careers but you're right, sometimes we need to take baby steps.

Yes, this is true! I try to flaunt the fact that "something" to offer because I have a degree. But everyone does a background check, so if the suspended license doesn't make them worry, it will be my credit that gets me the boot. I interviewed for Ou...

Well thank you for your answer. I kind of assumed that and unfortunately, there just isn't a way (short of winning the lottery) I will ever be able to do that. I'd have to pay for refresher courses and retain a lawyer to get my license back in good ...

I have a very specific question, but let me give you some background first. I started Michigan's Hprp program in sept 2013. I dropped from the program in April 2015. My license has since been suspended. I'm looking to get it reinstated. Now, one of t...

I was just reading the instructions on the application to reinstate a suspended license.

In patient detox treatment or Hprp?

Here is what I have to bring to them: Letters my sponsors NA attendance sheets Letter from my PCP with clean urine results Volunteer work Letters of recommendation from employers I just wonder if this will be enough Again, I know I need a refresher c...

Thanks for the reply! When I entered the program originally, I was not required go to rehab or detox. I tested clean at my addictionist/psychiatrist appointment because it had been 6 weeks between the time I was fired at work and the initial eval (wh...

Hello again, So I'm about a month into my monitoring agreement with Michigan's HPRP and I have a couple of interviews lined up. Last week I had 4 interviews lined up however, 2 of them cancelled the interviews when I told them about my involvement wi...

I have been in my HPRP contract since August 2013. I've been on 53 interviews with no luck. I don't want to be a nurse anymore. I'm done. I have no desire to do it anymore. I want to quit HPRP but have heard that there can be serious repercussions bu...

The first time that happened to me, I was nervous too! I went 6 weeks with no test and then I got hit with 3, one observed! No worries, nothing is wrong!

In Michigan, it's so much better to self report than have someone else report you! Here,if you don't self report, the contract is much more grueling from what I've heard. But my question is, if you didn't divert and truly aren't an addict, maybe you...

Honestly, I just tell them that nursing wasn't for me. I know this is a bold face lie, but a non-nursing doesn't require you to disclose anything! I've been on several interviews (waitress and retail) and I just tell them that I'm looking to go into ...

I'm in Michigan and we don't call on weekends, just Monday thru Friday.

I have 15 months sober! Yay! But oh my, has it been a tough road! I have had 48 interviews and sent out 1,434 (but who's counting right???) resumes. The interviews go very well until I tell them about HPRP (michigan's health care recovery program.) S...

Thanks everyone! I have tried everything from physician's offices to dialysis to jails. I do have hope. I'm a pretty determined person. I did have an interview on Monday at a psych hospital who gladly accepts participants from my program. So I am kee...

There is nothing you can do to help her. Several of us have said that. Now it's not a mean thing we're saying, but it's the truth. Every addict has to come to a point where they are serious about recovery(or hit rock bottom). That being said, relapse...

You get out what you put in... and I'm not saying that in a mean way. What I'm basically asking is, are you putting yourself really into it or just going because you have to? This is an important question to ask yourself. I've been in my program for ...

One year!!!!! Congrats on your sobriety! The first year is tough, but you made it!!!! We are all so proud of you!

A drug is a drug is a drug, meaning his contract with this monitoring program will not change just because he also used morphine nor will it be any less stringent because he "only" used marijuana. Always be honest, that way he will get the most appro...

Tips for a rude casemanager: When they say mean or hurtful things, say this in your calmest voice possible: I understand the benefits of us having a good relationship and that you are working very hard at your job to keep my case open and active, how...

1sttime, I struggled with that at the beginning of my program, whether to tell them at the interview or not. The reason I do now is because I've had so many potential employers tell me this: I wish you would've said something at the interview because...

I think it's normal to feel this way. Perhaps always calling at the exact same time every day will help build a solid routine for you and let up some of the anxiety you have about it! Good Luck and keep us posted!

See, the other nurses with restrictions, the ones in my group therapy, have jobs. In Michigan, we only have a narc restriction that lasts 6 months.