Wow wild and wacky life of mine. Ready for normalcy.
Was ready to crawl back in bed when I was alerted to a new e-mail so I opened it to find that the job I interviewed for a week ago recieved my background check back, and the next step is the drug screen.
My question is how long will the meth be in my system. When I was in my teens which was so 20+ years ago it was 3 days. Thank goodness I have not continued another day down the path of misery.
Any help will be appreciated,
Michael J.
P.S. Woo Hoo I am jazzed this job pays great and is just what I need to help have a a sense of self worth.
Mike! You changed your screen name! Thank you =)
Awesome news on the job front. Most businesses do UAs and to be safe you need a window of 5 days. Saliva testing is more costly, but the traces only last 3 days. The bad news is the hair test which almost no one does, but it can detect anything for up to 90 days. Chances are good it'll be a UA for you, so you should be safe.
Be good to yourself...you are worthy.
Peace ~ M&M
Awesome news on the job front. Most businesses do UAs and to be safe you need a window of 5 days. Saliva testing is more costly, but the traces only last 3 days. The bad news is the hair test which almost no one does, but it can detect anything for up to 90 days. Chances are good it'll be a UA for you, so you should be safe.
Be good to yourself...you are worthy.
Peace ~ M&M
Miiiiiiiike! Awesome! Aren't you so glad you're still inhabiting your body?!? Congrats on the job...
Drug screen: depends on the sensitivity threshold of the test, how much/long you were using, and your own metabolism. I'd be shocked if you had to do a hair test, very expensive, prohibitively so for most employers. But if you're trying to sign up for the CIA or something, well.... ;-)
Drug screen: depends on the sensitivity threshold of the test, how much/long you were using, and your own metabolism. I'd be shocked if you had to do a hair test, very expensive, prohibitively so for most employers. But if you're trying to sign up for the CIA or something, well.... ;-)
Thank you for the info. I have to call up and schedule one for Friday then.
Mike
Mike
Hey Mike,
Really glad to see you are still with us. We can "hear" the difference in you just in the past hours. I hope you are up to this job so soon after your "fall". Best of luck and by all means keep in touch with all us crazy folk here on this site. we are a good bunch.
Granny
Really glad to see you are still with us. We can "hear" the difference in you just in the past hours. I hope you are up to this job so soon after your "fall". Best of luck and by all means keep in touch with all us crazy folk here on this site. we are a good bunch.
Granny
Hello Granny, and others,
I am pretty sure I am up to work. Work has always been something I have been good at and can lose my self in without losing myself. Unemployment and sending out resume after resume without any luck and my unemployment running out was a contributing factor to my depression.
I have not slept much today, but the day was productive. Went to the local food closet to get what I could to eat. I also finally got my wife to text me back although that did not go well I am starting to accept the facts as they are and realize that I am just as powerless over her as I was and and am over drugs.
After going to food closet was going to go to NA meeting but a lil shakey driving back from the closet. So will go tomorrow.
Going to bed goodnight,
Michael J.
I am pretty sure I am up to work. Work has always been something I have been good at and can lose my self in without losing myself. Unemployment and sending out resume after resume without any luck and my unemployment running out was a contributing factor to my depression.
I have not slept much today, but the day was productive. Went to the local food closet to get what I could to eat. I also finally got my wife to text me back although that did not go well I am starting to accept the facts as they are and realize that I am just as powerless over her as I was and and am over drugs.
After going to food closet was going to go to NA meeting but a lil shakey driving back from the closet. So will go tomorrow.
Going to bed goodnight,
Michael J.
Good Morning Mike...awesome news ! You sound great...congrats on the job !!!
....just a warped word though from a fellow addict... don't blow off the meetings...i know how easy it is to just want to forget everything we did and where we were...you sound as if you've been through the program and know a little about the recovery road...its so easy for us to convince ourselves were not really addicts or alcoholics... don't use having no job and the problems with your spouse as an excuse about why you use...the real reason is usually just what it is...were addicts...and if you don't stop for a few minutes and deal with it now...it will deal with you later on...and if this is a good job...you wont want to screw it up...just a suggestion from another old recovering junkie...but its so good to hear you smiling...:)...keep going forward Mike !...
Con
....just a warped word though from a fellow addict... don't blow off the meetings...i know how easy it is to just want to forget everything we did and where we were...you sound as if you've been through the program and know a little about the recovery road...its so easy for us to convince ourselves were not really addicts or alcoholics... don't use having no job and the problems with your spouse as an excuse about why you use...the real reason is usually just what it is...were addicts...and if you don't stop for a few minutes and deal with it now...it will deal with you later on...and if this is a good job...you wont want to screw it up...just a suggestion from another old recovering junkie...but its so good to hear you smiling...:)...keep going forward Mike !...
Con
Hey Con thanks for everything. I still have not slept much and I am not using I am imagining that it is the Insomnia from stopping heroin. I know when I kicked oxycontin I did not sleep for like a month and a half. I live in the delta near SF Bay in Ca. a very rural area, with streches of dangerous roads. I know I used because I am an addict. If I was not one I would have handled everything much differently Im sure. I will get my butt back to NA. Just not safe for anybody me on the road until meaningfull sleep has been achieved. Speaking of which I am now yawning so hard my jaw feels like it is about to break so I will go try again.
Mike
Mike
LOL...the wonderful rattle effect...wide eyed and tired as hell...just went through it when I tried to taper again...god awful...and just hate it when they tell me...ya well, nobody ever died from lack of sleep....ok true...but still want to slap them silly...lol...but your right...not a good place to be driving in out there...take your time...get the sleep...yawn...damn...wish i could go back to bed myself this morning...well, guess you'll be joining all us tired overworked people very soon ! Congrats again on getting the job... well, in the shower for me now and more coffee...take care Mike...talk later...
Con
Con
Mike, you sound so different! That is so great! However, I keep hearing that "pull yourself up by the bootstraps" mentality thing going on? Please, get some face to face help and maybe even a doctor involved. What if things don't work out with ths new job? Is that the only condition for your happiness? You are so much more than just a paycheck. I do get the whole "man has got to bring home the bacon" thing but, I'm worried about you still. Keep posting here and talk it out. We are all pulling for you. All the best, sincerely, Jax
I just got up and ouch my legs are so cramped up I can hardly walk. A pay check is not a road to happiness just one that helps tp prevent living under a bridge. Which is where im heading witrhout a job. Going to NA meeting at 6pm tonight. Going to rest more and try and strech out these legs.
Mike
Mike
G Morning Mike,
no remedies for those...always been told to stand...not much help...nasty...check in after the meeting...glad your going...detox is a b****...might be good to do some F2F...sounds like your body is getting rid of the dope and everything else left...be good to yourself...take it slow...and oh ya, I understand needing a paycheck...
Con
no remedies for those...always been told to stand...not much help...nasty...check in after the meeting...glad your going...detox is a b****...might be good to do some F2F...sounds like your body is getting rid of the dope and everything else left...be good to yourself...take it slow...and oh ya, I understand needing a paycheck...
Con
Yo Mike,
Hey!!!! We're practically neighbors. You must be by the deltas by Stockton?? Fished there as a kid, I was about 12 I think, on a houseboat. Loads of fun.
I LOVE to go fishing altho as I've gotten older I feel kinda sorry for the fish I catch,especially when they swallow the hook and you have to practically tear their innards out to get it back. I grew up fishing(and hunting) with my dad,as early as 3-4 yrs old. Give me a bamboo pole and a bobber and I'm happy.
A few years back I saw a story about these 2 fish that had been together for years and years, in a pond maybe? Or an aquarium ?? Any way one was so old it was having trouble getting up to the top to get air and damn if his little fish buddy didnt get underneath him and help push him up to the top to catch those breaths of air he needed!!! They had it on film and everything. So sweet.
People think animals dont have feelings and such....they sure as heck do. Now you tell a hard a** fisherman that fish have "feelings" and can be committed to another fish,even in friendship and they are gonna think you are a real nutcase!!
Anyway,you sound a lot better than a few days ago. By "neighbors" I mean we are in the same state!!!. I am in So.Calif. and have driven thru your neck of the woods many times over the years.
Take care,keep your chin up, and hang in there. WE are all right behind you!!!!
Granny2 3
Hey!!!! We're practically neighbors. You must be by the deltas by Stockton?? Fished there as a kid, I was about 12 I think, on a houseboat. Loads of fun.
I LOVE to go fishing altho as I've gotten older I feel kinda sorry for the fish I catch,especially when they swallow the hook and you have to practically tear their innards out to get it back. I grew up fishing(and hunting) with my dad,as early as 3-4 yrs old. Give me a bamboo pole and a bobber and I'm happy.
A few years back I saw a story about these 2 fish that had been together for years and years, in a pond maybe? Or an aquarium ?? Any way one was so old it was having trouble getting up to the top to get air and damn if his little fish buddy didnt get underneath him and help push him up to the top to catch those breaths of air he needed!!! They had it on film and everything. So sweet.
People think animals dont have feelings and such....they sure as heck do. Now you tell a hard a** fisherman that fish have "feelings" and can be committed to another fish,even in friendship and they are gonna think you are a real nutcase!!
Anyway,you sound a lot better than a few days ago. By "neighbors" I mean we are in the same state!!!. I am in So.Calif. and have driven thru your neck of the woods many times over the years.
Take care,keep your chin up, and hang in there. WE are all right behind you!!!!
Granny2 3
Hi Mike
You sound good. Keep going to NA 90 meetings in 90 days !
Get a sponsor asap
Ventilate . Talk it out.
Hope you get that Job!
? detox = see Dr ?
Keep up the good work you are doing !
see my classic relapse prevention plan under alcohol thread.
To be safe, clean, 7-10 days before urine drug test if possible.
Best Wishes,
You sound good. Keep going to NA 90 meetings in 90 days !
Get a sponsor asap
Ventilate . Talk it out.
Hope you get that Job!
? detox = see Dr ?
Keep up the good work you are doing !
see my classic relapse prevention plan under alcohol thread.
To be safe, clean, 7-10 days before urine drug test if possible.
Best Wishes,
