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Date Posted: Fri, Apr 20 2012, 18:12:44 In reply to: Rosa 's message, "Re: Good God!" on Fri, Apr 20 2012, 13:11:07 Gabby, I have thought about your situation a lot today. You know what, I'd make another appointment with that first Dr. Isn't he/she the one who wrote the report that triggered IPN's recommendation? Appeal to this Dr. Tell him look, I have been in recovery for over 6 years, when I told you that I had a drink or so in those 6 years, I left out that I also had water, soda, juice, coffee etc. LISTEN DOCTOR, DO YOU REALIZE WHAT'S AT STAKE HERE????? Those alcoholic bev's no more altered my soboriety than any other beverage. It was never my intent to become altered and I've never craved a drink. I'd plead my case to this person like I was pleading for my life! Let him know how much you value your recovery and that you wouldn't and haven't done anything to knowingly compromise it. I'd let him know just how much of your life and $$ has already been spent on this recovery. I'd let this Dr. know that you honored your recovery contract and did so happily and proudly, I'd tell him how much you've grown etc. I'd talk my little face off. I'd ask him point blank, will you rewrite your report in such a way that will appease IPN to allow me to legally take my place back in the nursing realm?? I earned the right to practice when I graduated, I became sick or wounded or whatever it was that you feel brought you to the point where life was too difficult to function sobor. My list is long..lol.. and that you took the steps to get better and are ready to be the best nurse/person yet with the best yet to come.. I swear I'd handle it that way.. short of shitting recovery turds what WTF do they want??? cha ching $$$ And I'd say that too damit! Forcing you to sign a contract, go to rehab, jump through the $$ hoops avails you how? nada! On the contrary, it's detrimental to mental health. I'm not meaning to feed you a speech Gabby. I faced a situation a few months ago where my therapist suggested to my program that I go through I/O after I turned myself in to the state for etoh abuse and dui's. I fought it and I won. My case mngr. said that I could get a 2nd opinion and I told my therapist who I had been seeing off and on for 2 years, that I would go through I/O if I had a dirty urine. It took me talking to her boss and an eval. with one of her peers, but I did get the agreement I sought after. I wish you lots of luck. I know all recovery programs are not created equal, but I'd sure go down fighting for what they are trying to to pull on you. those of us who remain sober, and for me personally I haven't had to go through half of what some of you here have as far as hoops, programs or the inability to work as a nurse, no, my hell has been of a different sort, however or whatever add that hell and my other program/probation, it's rough for us at times. For any "power that be", to make it rougher for some bullshit, just because they can, reason makes them satan himself I think. Alot of people will say that because we became addicted, abused mind altering substances, whatever they want to label it, that we are weak. I know that's not true for most of us. I know that over and extended period of time feeling fear, depression, anxiety, anger, mental exhaustion, to the point where we felt we needed to "NUMB" it was because we had been strong for too long. AND GUESS WHAT PEOPLE... WE'RE EVEN S T R O N G E R NOW! I wish you the best possible outcome Gabby. I know I didn't need to rant like this, but it's how I feel. No matter what, the best is yet to come, and NOBODY can tell how we feel or what we've been through or how we are forever changed by it like us. Even if you don't get the outcome you deserve, you will always know that you made that Dr. think about what his or her job is really supposed to be. to assist us to join the ranks of the working nurse population again; not to enslave us to pad thieving recovery guru's pockets with unecessary program add-ons. Good luck [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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