So What are the chances

[Alyssam]

My adult daughter is hooked on lortab (30-40 a day) she has weaned down to 0 (I think) but refuses to get get counciling, go to N/A meetings or even come to this site so she can learn about strategies to fight the cravings. She refuses to go to meetings due to the fact she is a nurse and she doesnt want anyone in the community to know.  There is a program for nurses but she refuses to get tested frequently. Has anyone here ever gotten clean without N/A support or counciling and stayed that way for a long period of time? I know I am probably dreaming right?

[mousey25]

hey i to am a nurse and was terrifed about admitting my problem, as a nurse i can understand her fear about being talked about in the community, hey we are nurses we are not supposed to sucumb to this sort of thing, but we are human to, please get her on this site it has helped me so much good luck xxxxxxxxxxx

[Alyssam]

thanks guys..you are great..lets just hope I can get her here....

[Savas]

Oh, mention it's medical site specifically...it's anonymous, and we have other nurses here who are going through the same thing.

[Savas]

Just send a message to the moderator asking them to do that. I don't see why they shouldn't comply. There should be a "contact us" at the bottom of the screen.

[Alyssam]

anyway we can delete this thread so I can try to influence her to come to this site?

[opi]

junkies lie..........try to get her on this forum...this is the only place i do not lie about my drug use and it feels damned good admitting stuff....what she posts would not be for your eyes though or she would lie here also....the people here are awesome and know what they are talking about...support,advise...it is here and she can keep the level of confidentiality she needs and wants.
if somebody does not want to be tested for drugs it is because they are on some....sorry....
support don't lecture........i have couple lecturers in my life and i lie to them the most...i hate it but it is the way it is..

[Alyssam]

thanks...I really don't have a clue on what to do next..She has tied my hands to what I can do in addition to me tieing my own hands on what I am willing to do...I love my daughter very much but she has lied to my elderly father and gotten a loan for 10,000. to cover her loans and debts. Now I am helping him pay that back in addition to raising her baby. Which she an absolute blessing but costs alot of money to raise. Right now she has a few hot checks out including ones she wrote to her own father and I refuse to cover them

[Savas]

It is possible, although very low in statistic terms. Try to make an agreement with her that if she doesn't make it/ feels they aren't making it, she'll get other help. Tell her that she may think she knows everything there is to know about her addiction because she's a nurse, but if she's just "white knuckling it" (said above!) then she doesn't know everything. Their are treatments that can help make it easier.

[FLaddict]

The chances of her staying clean without some kind of after care are slim there are a small percentage that do it through willpower and white knuckle their way through it..  Especially if she is already refusing any kind of drug testing she is planning already to use again in the future.