Weight loss supplements

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Are there any safe weight loss supplements for those of us being monitored out there? I feel like I just need a kickstart.

Specializes in Emergency.
I know we're sort of getting wayyyyy of the topic of the OP but welll....

It's all just the thing that these are supposed to be professional monitoring programs who's mission is to determine if you are safe to practice. I want to know how forced 12 step attendance and parroting of platitudes and slogans, forcing me to disclose that I take hormonal medication and what pharmacy I get it from and allowing them violate my right to privacy (HIPPA anyone?) has anything to do with me being safe to practice? The only justifiable thing i can see in all this mess is the drug testing. The rest is pure crap and revolves around nothing but money and punishment.

i would love to get a count of how many of us have put off procedures, even minor (dental work, colonoscopy) or self care (hold pee or not drink enough to avoid a dilute, UTI anyone? because of these programs. i would bet close to 100%

I love THIS! At my regular meetings with my so-called "advocate"/case manager (insert any absurd title here) ...hmmmm...lets see...reports from my work "safety person"...psychiatrist and additional "addiction therapist" I am forced to see (shocking I know!) as well as my coerced meeting ...shall I say psuedo science/12 step indoctrination logs are NOT EVEN LOOKED AT OR DISCUSSED (again...shocking) ONLY THE P MATTERS! Yay! Public Safety!

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Ditto here. I don't think any of my therapists reports have ever been read. There is a specific point that has been put on there every. single. report. and they have ignored her recommendation (of course they they never saw it.) I asked about it and was told "oh that wasn't on the last one. gee, funny, not only was it there, it still showed that it had not even been reviewed. Lie much? How stupid do they think we are?

I go back further, hardly anything gets reviewed unless I am arguing with them about something. (I have a hard time keeping my opinions to myself...anyone else notice that...:cheeky:)

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I think in reality only the Pee does matter. You are either clean or not. The rest of the garbage is just a money grab for an industry that produces a product that doesn't work. My counselor at the inpatient hell hole said less than 10% of the "class" I was in would be clean in a year. I was in a smaller group of 12 and two of us stayed sober for about 6 months. Now he's drinking again. That leaves only me?!?!? The 12 step, rehab hating idiot??? Really???

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Specializes in Emergency.
I think in reality only the Pee does matter. You are either clean or not. The rest of the garbage is just a money grab for an industry that produces a product that doesn't work. My counselor at the inpatient hell hole said less than 10% of the "class" I was in would be clean in a year. I was in a smaller group of 12 and two of us stayed sober for about 6 months. Now he's drinking again. That leaves only me?!?!? The 12 step, rehab hating idiot??? Really???

Yes! Beware the INDUSTRIAL REHAB COMPLEX...read: "The sober truth" by. L Dodes MD

A book of actual/real science! Yay.

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I'll give it a look thanks

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