jon_georgian
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- Nov 9, 2013
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Hi,
I'm looking to get some input from anyone who has been in the above situation.
It happened to me - I got off of heroin, then after a couple of years an admin position in an addiction treatment service was advertised. I applied, being totally honest about my past, and got the job. Possibly because of my past, in fact.
I did ok for a couple of years, and progressed to doing client work. I started using codeine, and recreationals, and it eventually came on top. I was asked to leave.
I know I'm not the first person this has happened to (I personally know of a couple of others), but its a much avoided topic in addiction treatment. There are very few articles online (almost none - try searching! takes hours!) and it is not an area that has been well researched by academics.
My experience, and the experience of others I have mentioned I know of, is that we were asked to resign, and given no support.
I would like to write something about this, possibly on my own blog, or see if any addiction news sources (possibly DDN) will publish. Before I can consider doing so, I need as much input as possible, from people who have been in this situation.
So, if this is you, a couple of sentences saying how your employer responded when they found out. Did they offer support? Did they sack you? Were you treated fairly?
Please PM me, or reply here. I will post anything that is published. All info will be treated with confidence, and I will not ref to any specific stories without express permission of the individual.
It is important to say that I do not neccesarily think that it would always be wrong to sack someone for this (or always right...). I think some cases could probably be managed, others maybe not. I'm just interested to see how services treat their fallen comrades. I'd really like the good and bad versions.
I would ideally like to concentrate on the UK, but all replies from any country are welcome.
Thanks, and i hope you can help. It could be useful for others who may yet suffer a similar fate, if this issue was spoken of publicly.
I'm looking to get some input from anyone who has been in the above situation.
It happened to me - I got off of heroin, then after a couple of years an admin position in an addiction treatment service was advertised. I applied, being totally honest about my past, and got the job. Possibly because of my past, in fact.
I did ok for a couple of years, and progressed to doing client work. I started using codeine, and recreationals, and it eventually came on top. I was asked to leave.
I know I'm not the first person this has happened to (I personally know of a couple of others), but its a much avoided topic in addiction treatment. There are very few articles online (almost none - try searching! takes hours!) and it is not an area that has been well researched by academics.
My experience, and the experience of others I have mentioned I know of, is that we were asked to resign, and given no support.
I would like to write something about this, possibly on my own blog, or see if any addiction news sources (possibly DDN) will publish. Before I can consider doing so, I need as much input as possible, from people who have been in this situation.
So, if this is you, a couple of sentences saying how your employer responded when they found out. Did they offer support? Did they sack you? Were you treated fairly?
Please PM me, or reply here. I will post anything that is published. All info will be treated with confidence, and I will not ref to any specific stories without express permission of the individual.
It is important to say that I do not neccesarily think that it would always be wrong to sack someone for this (or always right...). I think some cases could probably be managed, others maybe not. I'm just interested to see how services treat their fallen comrades. I'd really like the good and bad versions.
I would ideally like to concentrate on the UK, but all replies from any country are welcome.
Thanks, and i hope you can help. It could be useful for others who may yet suffer a similar fate, if this issue was spoken of publicly.