Hello everyone. I am new to this subreddit but I can already tell I will be as welcome as I am in my AA group.
Bit of a back story before I dive in. I am a recovering alcoholic and drug addict (marijuana). On june 21st, I had the worst and best night of my life. I was arrested for driving under the influence. I blew a .2 BAC. The reason it was the worst day of my life is pretty self explanatory. The reason it was the best day in my life is that it opened up my eyes to the realization that I have a problem. To this day, I still thank god that I did not crash the car, injure myself, and especially injure anyone else should I have gotten into an accident.
As a result of the DUI, I applied for ARD and was approved on the 28th of October. I met with my parole officer and I had the impression that there would be no problems.
One of the stipulations for ARD, is that, should your BAC be above a .16, or if you admit to being a drug user, you are immediately required to go to drug and alcohol counseling which I have been going to since September.
Through my time at the counseling center, I have met some great people in recovery and have made some strong friendships. I have a good relationship with my counselor and all the staff at the center.
With that backstory out of the way, I get to my situation. On the 28th of october (same day as my hearing and approval for ARD), I was drug tested at the counseling center. "No big deal", I thought, "I have nothing to hide." Now I was not the only person being tested that day. There are about 30 people who show up around 530pm who are affiliated with two different groups, IOP and mens group. I am in the latter group. This results in about 30 different urine samples being stored in a small dorm room sized refrigerator.
Today I met with my counselor and one of the first things he asks me with a look of dismay on his face is if I have been prescribed any new medication. I tell him no and that I am not currently on any medication. He then asks if I have been taking any over the counter drugs lately. I inform him that I had a cold a week or so ago, and was taking dayquil and Nyquil for the symptoms, but other than that, nothing. He then proceeds to inform me that my urinalysis tested positive for codeine. I didn't even know what codeine was until I looked it up on my phone after he told me that. He shows me the urinalysis and sure enough, there it is.
At this point I am completely baffled. I have never done any drug containing codeine in my life and never have had even the slightest desire to try it. Upon doing a bit more research on wikipedia, I find that codeine is linked to opiates which are extracted from poppy seeds. I begin to laugh, and tell my counselor that I had a chicken salad sandwich on an everything bagel for lunch that day (the everything bagel had poppy seeds on it). He tells me that that wouldn't make me positive for codeine but proceeds to call the lab anyway to make sure. Sure enough, the lab technician tells us that neither dayquil/nyquil nor poppy seeds would cause a positive urine test for codeine.
My heart sank. There is just no possible way that this is true. After getting home from work (which was after my counseling appointment) about an hour ago, I checked every single medicine or healthcare product in my apartment and nothing lists codeine on the ingredient list. No matter how illogical I made it seem that out of the blue I would try some drug knowing full well that I may be drug tested by my parole officer and thus already violate my parole was ludicrous. In addition, my date of graduation from drug and alcohol counseling is scheduled for december 4th. Why would I jeopardize that when I am in the home stretch?
This is the part where I ask for advice. While at work, I contemplated any sort of scenario where I would have taken something with codeine and came up with nothing. Other than the logical flaws of why would I take it in that time frame, the only other thing that I can think of is that my urine got mixed up with someone else's. I was taking the dayquil and nyquil for several days up until the day that I had my hearing, so if anything should have shown up positive, it should have been the alcohol in the nyquil but that was oddly absent.
If anyone has a similar situation that might be able to give clarity to mine, it would mean the world to me. I have worked hard to recover and have been sober for months, so to have this set back is a serious weight on my heart. As it stands, I now have to meet with my parole officer on the 21st of this month to be drug tested and discuss what is going to happen to me now. I am praying this will not result in jail time for parole violation.
Anyone who might not have advice but still would like to send some good vibes my way, I could really use it. The DUI was the worst day of my life so far, and today is definitely a close second.
Good karma
Submitted November 07, 2014 at 07:10AM by sciffer7 http://ift.tt/1uDzzBK REDDITORSINRECOVERY
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