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wtf is a 'recovery job'?

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I was told today by somebody in the program that I should get a 'recovery job', he left before I could ask anymore about it. I doubt a recovery/rehab will hire me because of my past lol.
I'm guessing this 'recovery job' has something to do with working somewhere that is low-stress? I don't know..
any thoughts?
 
<I realize this was meant jokingly, but these types of jokes are more suited for The Lounge. ~ Vaya>

Nah sorry, I guess they just mean something to keep you busy and out of trouble? even a job at the supermarket checkout line would suffice. But do you not have a job already?

Edit: Just wanted to say sorry for inappropriate joke, I'm sorry.
 
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hahaha, yea im guesing its a job that pays minimum wage maybe?

workin on finding a job. no luck yet
 
it just means something to keep you occupied so you dont think about drugs all day.

Boredom invariably leads to drug use for people who used in the past
 
i didnt know they had a term for it; thought i invented recovery job until i read this.

it's the kind of job where the stress is two or three orders of magnitude below your threshold. it probably doesnt pay much. but the point isnt to be rich; it's to train yourself to follow structure from a basic, beginner level.

i work at a small coffee shop, and after two stints in rehab related to heroin and another previous one related to xanax and pills, it's exactly what i need. and you know what? i make minimum wage, have an apt, and have over 1200 in the bank - all because the job is easy enough that i can focus on learning to budget on nothing. i eat good every night, cook, and my co-workers can rely on me.

simple stuff, but oh so hard when you're fresh off the drugs at first.
 
I know exactly what he meant. I lost a high powered job a few years ago and my doctor told me to work in a guitar shop for a while (I'm a musician). I didn't listen and took a senior position on an international mag. Jesus, it's hard. When you're in recovery you don't need stress and too much responsibility. In my industry you can get away with loads. I've been warned for nodding at my desk but they still pay me well. When you're recovering you need a relaxing environment, don't do what I did because all the money in the world isn't worth it when you start drifting!
 
captainballs said:
i didnt know they had a term for it; thought i invented recovery job until i read this.

it's the kind of job where the stress is two or three orders of magnitude below your threshold. it probably doesnt pay much. but the point isnt to be rich; it's to train yourself to follow structure from a basic, beginner level.

i work at a small coffee shop, and after two stints in rehab related to heroin and another previous one related to xanax and pills, it's exactly what i need. and you know what? i make minimum wage, have an apt, and have over 1200 in the bank - all because the job is easy enough that i can focus on learning to budget on nothing. i eat good every night, cook, and my co-workers can rely on me.

simple stuff, but oh so hard when you're fresh off the drugs at first.
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That's right. And if you can't find one, do something that gives back to your community.
 
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I doubt a recovery/rehab will hire me because of my past lol.
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You'd be surprised. A lot of rehabs, especially the top-tier ones (not so much the state-run ones), like to hire people who have "been through hell" because it helps the patient feel like staff members can relate. In fact, the more shit you've been through, the better your chances, as long as everything is in order now and you can piss clean. Sometimes people need to stay deep in the recovery community to remain clean/sober, and some instead just end up on the other side of it.

As for 'recovery job' as used in this thread, also keep in mind that a lot of minimum wage sectors attract drug-users (I'm thinking restaurant industry in specific), so you should also choose a 'safe job' in the sense that your coworkers aren't going to tempt/trigger you.

It is also important that you make just enough money to pay your bills and get by, and no more, because too much extra cash too early can also trigger relapses. I'm doing so well in my new job, I should give myself a reward...

I honestly have mixed feelings about the whole 'recovery job' idea. I understand the point of it, but at the same time it's important that you're working a job that makes you feel good about yourself. If you feel like you're going to be very unhappy working an easy job because your qualified for (what Western society accepts as) better jobs, then you need to consider the possibility that you might relapse to calm feelings of embarrassment. Basically it has to be something that you can do properly for a year or so, to prove to yourself and to society that your priorities are back on track and you won't be a risk being hired a year later at the next tier.
 
thanks to everyones replys, most of the people i know that are in recovery that have under 3 years clean/sober work or have worked at places such as grochery stores,retail stores and coffeeshops like captain b said.
monday i have a kinda sorta interview at a grochery store in the country, making minimum wage, but atleast im around 'my kind' of people, not being racist, but fuck the hood. fucking hoodlums already stole my shit, not saying that shit goes on in the country, but damn atleast people out there know that you own a gun, in the hood they think they are fucking invinsible. sorry rant there..

so will make $7.25 pr hour, yea im not balling in the $, and the minimum wage is diffrent everywhere, since alabama is poor its alot cheaper becuase cost of living is cheaper here then say..manhattin in NY or something..catch my drift? plus workin at a grochery store mayb they will hook me up with some pork chops every now n again. mmmm.

like i said, i gotta get outa the hood, aint nothin here for me but my DOC and trouble, the only job ud get here is braiding hair, cutting hair or working in a pawn shop, and im not doing any of that shit.
been busy 2day puttin n app after app, it gets pretty fucking repative typing the same shit over n over, then they ask for a resume, and im like wtf after i typed all that shit? so hopefully i'll hear from a better entry-level job, not trying to work at the grochery store all my life, but would like to hammer a nail into something much better, and woot im able to pass a piss test now, dunno about a hair test. but havnt been able to do the pee test thing n some time..
 
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