lonestarRN1

Hi, fellow colleagues. I have a question about the alcohol found in beauty (mainly hair care) products- The main one I have found is cetearyl alcohol. Can any of you who are currently being monitored tell me what your experience was? I'm not very much of a girly girl, but I do like my fancy pants hair care products, and the majority of them contain cetearyl alcohol. I'm sober, and I have been for over 2 years. I just recently went back to work, and I don't want to jeopardize my monitoring. I avoid all mouthwashes, cold medicines, etc. that contain alcohol, and I recently read alcohol containing hand sanitizers are a no no as well. My first round of monitoring ended poorly because I was not ready to embrace sobriety. After a much needed time out, counseling and meetings, I am healthy and re-embracing my career. Any and all advice would be much appreciated!! (I am in Texas btw). Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all!!

I currently work in dialysis, and there are a few other nurses I work with who are in TPAPN/ under board orders. I love it. I was a critical care nurse for 10 years prior to my addiction issues, and I was worried I wouldn't like dialysis. The employer I work for has been very gracious to me. Good luck! AS far as TPAPN- DO EVERYTHING THEY TELL YOU TO DO. I had a horrendous experience with TPAPN. Fly under the radar, keep your toe to the line, make copies of EVERTHING, write down your confirmation # RecoveryTrek gives you when you check in- anything to CYA if a question arises. Again good luck!!

It did the same thing to me this morning. I sent a message via Trek mail, and checked back about an hour later. The issue had resolved, an it showed I was not to test today. Good luck!