A registered nurse story of coming clean.
A registered nurse story of coming clean.
But there was a turning point in my addiction and that was my family. My husband and daughter finally told me to get help and stick with it or they were going to leave me. So I went into my fourth rehab and finally admitted I had a problem. Which for me was was the hardest thing I had ever done. I think why it was so hard for me to get clean was because I am a registerd nurse and did not want to admit I had a problem. Because for twenty years I helped people who were using drugs and didn't think I had a problem with drugs. Because I also told myself I needed the drugs to make it through the day because of the pain I had because of the accident. But that was just a lie I told myself to keep using the pain meds. And because I was a professional in medical care that I didn't really have a problem. I helped others with addiction, I could not have a problem. But when I finally admitted I had a problem with drugs is when I started to get better. For the first time I started to listen to what my addiction docs and others had to say. After starting to listen and realize I was an active user, I started to get better.
I fianally realized I was much better off without the drugs. And my life is so much better now. I describe my addiction and getting better as coming out of a deep dark hole. And life is so much better now, I can really help those addicted now and always will because I have been there and made it out alive.
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