[jones213]

is it best to turn yourself in for dr shopping in Arizona? I have been clean and in a treatment program for the past 6 months and have quit doing any horrible and illicit behavior for the past 6 months and never will again. Prior to that i was a very bad dr shopper i did it ALOT. I don’t know if i should turn myself in or just hope and pray that it never gets brought up again please advise on the best route to go. Also do you go to jail or would you just be given probation, I have no criminal record and this is the only thing that I have ever done. Any help is very appreciated. I am so scared and stressed all of the time I just don’t know what to do. Thank again in advance. I would also like to add a thank you for this site, even though i just now registered i have been reading on the site for months and the posts have really helped me through a very tough time in life, God Bless

[Robert_325]

I would not turn myself in for anything unless I knew for a fact that I was about to be arrested. Then I would hire an attorney to have bond posted the moment I went to turn myself in and deal with my mess. But otherwise I would NOT do any such thing. Why would you want to do that? God bless.

[jones213]

thank you Robert I know it must seem dumb to even think about turning myself ion it is the stress of not knowing if open day i go to take my kids somewhere and i am suddenly faced with the reality of what i chose to do catching up with me. i think fear of not knowing is a big factor and frankly i am scared of possible jail, do you know if jail is a usual sentence or is probation generally handed out. how long should i be scared like this months, years do you think it is a possibility that it never gets brought up I would like to believe that but just don’t know I was going anywhere and everywhere i could it really sickens me to think just how much control the pills had everything revolved around them.

I just wish i could go back and do over, i know that isn't a possibility and am very thankful i was able to get control before the pills completely controlled me. I know a lot of people on these boards say great things about you Robert and Although I just recently joined I can say that reading through everyone’s posts i was able to gain the strength to stand up and fight back., I will forever have to fight back but now i know i can so if anyone else reads this please know that you can to. If anyone has been caught and dealt with dr shopping your stories would be appreciated.

[supermomhelp]

I know that there are posts on here by whos name I believe is "caughtagain". I think that particular user had an experience with dr. shopping.
I apologize if I'm thinking of the wrong person
Best of luck to you...

[Robert_325]

jones213 ...... There are LOTS of people who dr shopped on this forum. If it's been over six months and you've done nothing wrong since, you have no criminal record in the past, the odds of them coming after you are really slim at this point. I suppose it's possible but very unlikely at the worst.

With your background you would not be sent to prison especially considering you've gotten clean, you're not currently doing anything illegal. I would try to not stress out so much about it as the odds of anything happening now is very unlikely. I'm not saying it couldn't happen but it's really not likely at this point. Even if you were arrested and convicted a probated sentence would be the outcome unless you tried going to court with no attorney or something foolish like that. Hope that helps. God bless.

[jones213]

thank you very much everyone it is wonderful that you would reach out and help with the responses and they do help so thank you very much. I am going to try an not think too much about it as there isnt much i can do but keep working on recovery and know that i am doing everything i can to get better. THANK YOU!

[Rangers]

Hi Jones,
I have been through something similar. Was caught by my insurance company who informed my drs. I came clean with them as everyone on this site told me to do so. It worked out. My pain mgmt. doc still treats me with heavy pain meds that I really need. Check out my thread on page 2, Dr. Shopping. Robert is correct. Nothing happened to me. I did not do it as much as you, but I did it none the less. Pay attention to Henry's many responses. He is quite knowledgable about how the DEA or DOJ works. He works with Homeland Security. He was a big help about 6 weeks ago when I lost alot of sleep. Hang in there, you will be fine. Do not offer any information unless you have to.
Ranger