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  1. this should be interesting..

    Recovering_RN replied to OhioRN1234's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I am so sorry to hear this. A false positive is everyone's biggest nightmare! I'm sure your lawyer will clear this up. They prob deal with this all the time. A second test, or a hair test maybe? As...

  2. Drug testing...

    Recovering_RN replied to JxoRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I think it took about 3 weeks for me to get tested at the beginning. I am also paranoid that I'll forget to check so I set a recurring reminder on my phone that I have to check off on my calendar...

  3. RN in IPN waiting for HR

    Recovering_RN replied to Tuts00RN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I did the same thing as Stepper. I mentioned the monitoring program right away and got the job. For the jobs I did NOT get, I waited until the end of the interviews, interviews that were going really...

  4. Applying for Licensure in Recovery

    Recovering_RN replied to katie457's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Do you have to tell them anything? I'm not sure what exactly they would see for your expunged misdemeanor when they do your background investigation, if it's expunged doesn't that mean it's basically...

  5. Switching fields

    Recovering_RN replied to noctanol's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I do not know the answer to this myself, but I want to caution you to check into exactly what questions are asked when you apply for licensure, because I am pretty sure I recall this very discussion...

  6. RNinRecovery*Help!

    Recovering_RN replied to 2010rn42's topic in Nurses Recovery

    About being required to get a sponsor...yes, my program also required that. However, st the time I wasn't feeling comfortable at all in the 12 step rooms, and in no way would I have wanted to approach...

  7. Cando uodate.. ugh

    Recovering_RN replied to JxoRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Most monitoring programs require you to complete your IOP or at least get through most of it, to the point that your IOP counselor feels you're ready to go back to work. That's usually a form they...

  8. Caution taking supplements?

    Recovering_RN replied to willow14's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Many mouthwashes contain alcohol so you need to avoid

  9. waiting waiting waiting

    Recovering_RN replied to OhioRN1234's topic in Nurses Recovery

    What is your non nursing job that you love? Maybe, just to comply with your contract, when you are able to work again as a nurse, you could work only part time so that you could keep your current...

  10. RNinRecovery*Help!

    Recovering_RN replied to 2010rn42's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I know every program is different, but maybe you could just double check that your peer group mtg is in addition to your 4 AA/NA meetings. For me in Texas in TPAPN, we have to attend 4 AA/NA meetings...

  11. Update: Well ain't this a *****

    Recovering_RN replied to noctanol's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Awesome! That's great news! Congrats! Your decision not to retaliate, and the way you explained it about not wanting to hurt the company's reputation because of one person's actions, that right...

  12. Well ain't this a ******

    Recovering_RN replied to noctanol's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I was asked to take a drug test right there on the spot at my interview! Surprised me, but I think it was that clinic's policy, not because I was in monitoring. Another job I got did not require me...

  13. Well ain't this a ******

    Recovering_RN replied to noctanol's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Dang that sucks! I've had two jobs since entering monitoring and that's my biggest fear, giving notice to my old job only to have the offer rescinded on the new one. Ugh. As far as sitting out, I'm...

  14. Are you better off?

    Recovering_RN replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I love this! I've read The Hobbit many times. Even read it to my kids at bedtime when they were young. That's a great point about looking up to see the blue sky. Isn't it also in that forest where...

  15. Substances to avoid

    Recovering_RN replied to SNB1014's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Paranoid is definitely the case with me! I have read that the alcohol in hand sanitizer gets absorbed more by breathing the fumes rather than through the skin. Now I don't actually know if that's...

  16. Substances to avoid

    Recovering_RN replied to SNB1014's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah I'd like to have a drink at Christmas, but not enough to get kicked out of monitoring and lose my job! I would've liked to have a glass of champagne at the wedding I attended, oh well. Egg nog...

  17. Abstaining from alcohol-reluctantly admitting it might be beneficial?

    Recovering_RN posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    Ok, really one of the HARDEST PARTS for me about monitoring is abstaining from alcohol. I don't crave it so much as miss it. And it's not even the actual drinking, it's the experiences that surround...

  18. Abstaining from alcohol-reluctantly admitting it might be beneficial?

    Recovering_RN replied to Recovering_RN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah I've tried to remind myself of all the many vacation experiences I've had, touring the Bacardi rum factory, restaurants, cruises, exploring London,etc that included alcohol for me, did NOT...

  19. Non nursing jobs

    Recovering_RN replied to catsmeow1972's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I think it's a loss of control thing. Well it is for me. I resent the control TPAPN has over my life. I'm working at a place that isn't great but not bad, but I know I wouldn't be there if I wasn't...

  20. Help my wife got caught diverting

    Recovering_RN replied to got_nurseing73's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I think it's all part of making you accountable. It's part punishment and part keeping your recovery in the forefront of your mind. Like the first part of my, and many other, monitoring contract...

  21. Help my wife got caught diverting

    Recovering_RN replied to got_nurseing73's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Every program is different, but mine is 7 days a week including holidays. I have to check in, using an app on my phone, every single day. When I check in, I receive a message about whether I will need...

  22. Clean but freaked out

    Recovering_RN replied to CaliMSN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I second Pittsburgh's opinion, odds are very very low that you would catch

  23. Several Questions

    Recovering_RN replied to jt3w's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Just a thought, but why don't you just not tell him you're a nurse? I guess your job would be a major source of stress that they'd want to address as it relates to your addiction. Hmmm, idk but I do...

  24. Need advice from my fellow nurses in recovery!

    Recovering_RN replied to rn1965's topic in Nurses Recovery

    The only thing I have any knowledge to share is your #3, about how to fit a drug test into a day where you are working a 12 hour shift. I did home health as my first job in monitoring, so stopping at...

  25. Relationships after addiction

    Recovering_RN replied to mississippiRN71's topic in Nurses Recovery

    When I first got fired, and I was told all the requirements of the monitoring program, my first reaction was no way! I have an unrelated degree from prior to nursing school and figured I'd go back to...