How Long Does Alcohol Stay in Urine?
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To understand the timeframe for which alcohol stays in urine, its important that you know the passage of alcohol through our body.
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As soon as you consume alcohol, it enters the bloodstream. The Blood-Brain layer is the lining of epithelial cells that lie near the blood capillaries. Alcohol enters this layer within 30 seconds from its entry into the blood.. When this happens, it interferes with nerve cell communication, blurs your vision and disrupts your speech. The legal limit of blood alcohol concentration is .08 and this threshold is reached just by consuming 4 drinks in one hour.
Alcohol then enters the stomach and this happens within 5 minutes since consumption. 20 of the alcohol intake stay here. It then floats through the protective mucus and in turn generates hydrochloric acid which in turn depletes the protective mucus in the stomach causing bleeding and heartburns.
In the 20 minutes timeframe since the consumption of alcohol, the remaining 80% reaches the small intestine. Here, the alcohol disrupts the absorption of sodium/ water and reduces the rate of metabolism thereby causing under nourishment in acute alcohol addicts.
When it comes to what alcohol does to the heart, it’s a fact that limited intake of alcohol not only helps in having healthy arteries but also increases the levels of plaque which in turn helps in expelling HDL cholesterol from our body. Alcohol intake that exceeds the threshold level is likely to cause constriction of blood vessels which in turn raises the pressure of the blood resulting in causing strain during the pumping of the blood.
90% of the alcohol consumed is expelled out through the liver. The rate of absorption of alcohol by the blood is much higher than the rate of expulsion of the same by the liver. Drinking alcohol beyond limits results in the generation of collagen and free radicals which in turn eats up the healthy liver cells.
5% of alcohol consumed drops into the air sacs of the liver. The air sacs warm up the alcohol and vaporize the same. Long term alcohol usage results in depletion of a vital antioxidant in liver leaving the liver prone to infections
Five percent of alcohol that was absorbed by the blood gets out of the body through urine. Alcohol interferes with the release of vasopressin, a hormone that aids the kidneys in conserving fluid in our body by concentrating the urine expelled. The average time taken for the expulsion of alcohol via urine is 20 minutes. But long term use of alcohol upsets the fluid balance in our body resulting in the clogging of waste within the body which in turn proves to be the cause of renal failure, heart attacks and brain damage.
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hom many hours does it take for alcohol to get out of your system
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steven bauer Reply:
September 25th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
iv had 3mixed drinks uv blue vadka and lemanade will i be clean by monday morning? what would happen if i had more?
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billy bob did your mom Reply:
July 18th, 2010 at 1:13 am
No,,, your fucked. Now your going to jail. You should keep drinking.
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Bonjour Reply:
August 3rd, 2010 at 5:36 pm
HA!
Alcohol moves out of the system easily within 3-4 days since consumption. 12-24 hour time frame expels alcohol. but to be safe give a timeframe of 3-4 days for sure. This is with respect to urine. But in blood it might stay for a longer time. In hair, you cannot be sure. It can even stay for months with ease.
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My question is concerning urine and blood alcohol testing. I must explain a little so that you will be able to give an answer that will truly give me insight to my question. I have been informed by family and friends of one of my sisters that she is giving her toddlers alcohol to put them to sleep at night. I myself saw her put alcohol in her 1yr olds bottle once. Yes of course I tried to stop her, but she wouldn’t listen to me. If I were to report this, which I plan to, how would I tell them to test for it? I believe they are getting close to 6 oz of beer or wine coolers every night or close to. Will they be able to find it in there system the next day? Is it enough to show up on a urine test the next day, or possible a hair follicle test? Please give me as much info as possible so that when I call the children services I can tell them which test will find it the fastest. Obviously this is very important, because all the effects this can have on developing children. Thank you for your help. Please email or comment as soon as possible, lilsmom02@yahoo.com
Thanks again,
Mrs. Phipps
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screwurmom Reply:
December 31st, 2010 at 8:15 pm
ur a fucking idiot for giving ur child alcohol. u could kill them with a very little amount. i hope cps takes ur kid and u get fucked in jail. wtf kind of parent are u?
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Crystal Reply:
January 18th, 2011 at 4:12 am
It was my sisters children, not my own. I agree with you, that is why I was trying to find a way to help them. In the end I did report her and they were taken from her. If you had read it completly you would have read that it was my sister, not me! I would never do such a horrible thing. So try to know what you are saying before you start calling names.
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up urs Reply:
January 19th, 2011 at 4:28 am
UR a fowl mouth,and ur parents should taught u manners,but the Apple didn’t fall far from the tree.
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up urs Reply:
January 19th, 2011 at 4:34 am
Ur a fowl mouth,and u need a good southern ass wooping ur parents need an ass wooping, ur granny needs an ass wooping.
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@Crystal Phipps
A urine test the next day or on the second day can definitely reveal this issue. A hair drug test is not essential. For confirmation, they may ask for a hair drug test. Please report this as soon as possible and try to save the child as soon as you can.
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How long does it take alchohol and multivitamins to be completely out of my system in order for me to pass the liver function test?
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admin Reply:
October 19th, 2009 at 7:32 am
it is .015 BAC per hour. If a person ahs .15BAC of alcohol in his body, it would take 10 hours for it to get expelled completely out of his body. So take a BAC test and get to know the full details.
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how long does it take crack cocaine to get out of your system.i am a once in a blue moon person.i did it a week ago just a little bit.i just got tested yesterday it’s been a week will it come out possitive??
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admin Reply:
October 19th, 2009 at 7:26 am
chances are very likely that it might turn to be positive. Crack tends to stay in the system for 3 days. In urine, it will be there from 1-3 days. Chronic usage results in getting retained in body for 12 weeks
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if i drink on sunday, but have a suprise alcohol test on tuesday, will the test show positive?
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ricksterr Reply:
September 23rd, 2009 at 4:53 pm
etg urine test detects upto 80 hours ..b carefull
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joe Reply:
January 20th, 2011 at 9:47 pm
No, you wont test positive!!!! i myself and my dad was both on reporting probation for a while… and we were not allowed to drink period… so they tested for alcohol everytime we reported and we had to be there early, like 9 oclock am… we would both drink 2 or 3 24ozers and every time we pissed it was clean……alcohol goes thru your body very fast… usually like 12 hours..
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admin Reply:
October 19th, 2009 at 7:14 am
Could you let us know whether you have a urine test or a blood test? If it’s a urine test, there are chances that the drug would show up. But again, it depends on how frequently you smoke, your age, your metabolic rate and intensity/frequency of drug intake too
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How many days before a urine screening should I stop drinking?
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how many days should I stop consuming alcohol before a urine screening?
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Legion Reply:
April 6th, 2011 at 12:33 am
Alcohol gets absorbed quickly, (.015 BAC absorbed per hour). 24 hours should be fine for a urine but I’d give myself a 2 day window to be save!
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Okay I have a question I drank on sat nite and I may have a urine test on tues if I have been drinkin water will I test positve ? I need a answer asap please
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miss b:
I drank heavily on thursday, friday and stopped drinking at 5 p.m. on saturday. i have a urine screening at 6 p.m. tuesday. I’ve been exercising and drinking lots of tea and juice. will i be ok? i haven’t been eating much, and i’m 6-foot, 210 pounds.
thanks.
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I haven’t drank like for 1 or 2 years and i have a drug test in a couple of days.Will i be ok if i didn’t drink for 1 or 2 years and i been drinking lot of tea.Just leave me a comment.
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I have an ETG test coming up. If I use my son’s urine is their a way that they can test and see that it’s not from an adult?
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Alcohol (ethanol) is out of the body completely within 24 hrs. These morons who post 48-72 hrs are completeley wrong unless they are talking about an etg test, which does not test for ethanol, but a sub-derivative of alcohol. If you are just being testedf for standard ethanol, give it a day and don’t worry.
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Hello I just had a simple question. If I had a glass of wine, only a glass, how long would that take to get out of my urine? I’m not saying drunk or out of control. Is there anything I can do to make it get out quicker? I’m just confused on how the body works.
Thank you!
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i drank 22 ouces and a half of beer about 4 shots of vodka from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm in 15 hours i have to take a urin test will i be clean
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Faith Reply:
July 20th, 2010 at 4:18 am
no
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drew Reply:
August 5th, 2011 at 11:56 pm
did you pass??
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I have had 7 pints of beer on thursday but i have a urine test on saturday. the time from when i stopped drinking up until my test would be 43 hrs is that enough time for it to be completely out of my urine considering i have also had a few pints of water since??
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so..i drank on friday and i have a urine test on monday..will it show up positive if i only had one shot of vodka with a class of juice in it?? i need the answer ASAP please!!!
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If somebody had taken one shot of Vodka with a cup of Orange Juice on a Thursday at approxamilty 12:00 P.M. will it be out of there system by the following Tuesday. If they do not smoke. And they have not consumed anymore Achol proir to that one experence during the week. If they have ea urine test for Achol on that Tuesday will it show up?
Please get back as soon as possible!!!
Thanks so much!
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Katie Jakes
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bill Reply:
November 18th, 2010 at 2:05 am
no it will not for ,,a facet it will b out of ur system by 3 hours from the time u consumed it
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I drank about 64 oz of beer on the 30th and had a ua on the 6th, will it show up in my ua test?
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i got busted for posetion last friday and i meet my probation officer next thirsday and im not shure if she will drug test me even though i told them i have done it the day before how long will marajuana stay in your urine?
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tommy Reply:
January 28th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
it depends on how much u smoked.but it can stay in ur system up to 90 days. but it all depends on how much body fat you have and how much you have smoked but usally 15 to 90 days
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lady d Reply:
July 28th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
it takes a month but if u drink crandberry juice and vinager youll be straight. its nasty but it works
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if i had 8 to 10 shots on monday and if i have to go the next monday and take a drug test will i be clean
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if i drank one non alcholic beer even though it has .5% alchol and i have a probation drug test tommorow will it show up ? i did an online bac test and it said i have a neglialbe amount and im not legaly drunk ?
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if i drank twelve beers today and take urine test next day 8 hours later will i flunk
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IF I DRANK 1 16 OZ BEER AND WAS SUPRISED WITH UA AND TOOK 4 HOURS LATER WOULD IS STILL SHOW UP IN SYSTEM
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if i had a wine cooler and half a shot at 3 am thursday, when would it be out of my system? im 160 pounds, and 5 foot 4 inches. please reply, i need to know soon.
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i drank 3 mixed drinks… vodka and schnapps with juice on friday night within a period of about 4 hours. i may possibly have a urine test on monday around 6 pm… i am 5’2″ and about 110 lbs… will my test come out positive for alcohol?
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i drank saturday night all the way until 6 in the morning, i have a ua monday morning do u think i will be clean
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hi. so if i drank beers on friday and got a ua on monday would i be clean? im about 5,4 and weight about 108 plz reply need to know like now
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I drank 5 beer’s Sunday night got done with the last beer at 10pm….My Number was call at probaton Monday to take a urine test to be sent off……Took it at 12:00pm Monday ….Will i be ok when it come’s back? And my weight is 185.
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bullshit i had drank on saturday and took a test on tuesday for a etg or whatever you say it is and the shit never showed up you people dont know what your talkin about
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girl Reply:
June 22nd, 2010 at 4:22 pm
HOw much did you drink?
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jake Reply:
July 26th, 2010 at 12:11 am
i drink the night before a test never had a problem, i’m not talking a beer or 2 either. The most was 11 beers for a test at 8a.m. the folowing day. All that matters is B.A.C. ,alcohol in your urine does’nt matter. alcohol is still a legal drug in the united states as long as you blow 0.00 you will be fine regardless if it is in your urine or not
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ava Reply:
September 21st, 2010 at 11:32 pm
Ya unless you are ordered not to drink alcohol then there is no way you can drink the night before and go in at eight in the morning. Especially with the etg these days.
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if i drank 19 beers yesterday and i have to breathalize at 650pm today will i pass im 5’3 150lbs i went #2 twice and drank alot of water and i ate 2 times
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OMG!!!!!! UMMM I just called in on my UA and its my turrrrn. I just did an eight ball of cocain and ive been up for two days…. No food and no water….I drank about seven beers and a flask of peppermint shnapps with two z-bars and four vicodans to help me come down. Do you think if Ill be ok to piss test at 10 in the morning or do you think I should call an ambulance? My stomach really hurts so please respond soon for i dont know if Ill be alive much longer..
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Chaz Reply:
August 1st, 2010 at 3:04 am
Are you still Alive? OMGLAWLLLL
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Hi, Im only fourteen and I got busted with six kilos of dust last week. My p.o. wants to drug test me on a regular basis starting today. Im afraid to go in because i just had an abortion thismorning and i think the trama caused a baloon of smack to burst in my stomach. If i take a bunch of laxitive and drink alot of horchata do you think ill be ok.
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Faith Reply:
July 20th, 2010 at 4:22 am
Are you insane what you need is to go to the hosp. and then into a rehab and get your life on track before it’s to late belive me ive been thur this with my sister she’s been clean now for 9 years but it took alot of work and she almost died from the same thing you said you think might have happened just be honest with the hosp. staff and they will help you.
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pelican Reply:
March 3rd, 2011 at 1:20 am
if you were cought with kilos and only have to meet with a p.o you must have snitched on someone…
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who cares Reply:
January 2nd, 2012 at 10:39 am
halarious
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If I leave New york Headin East on a train thats doing a hundred and twenty miles an hour at 10am on a Sunday afternoon, Will I make it home in time for Saturday morning cartoons. I really like the Smurfs.
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pops Reply:
July 18th, 2010 at 3:26 am
I think youll make!!!! God I hope you make it…this week pappa smurf tells brainy smurf that he’s really his dad…
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Faith Reply:
July 20th, 2010 at 4:19 am
LOL
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I had one bud light last night around 11:30pm last night and to a urine test tonight around 7:00 pm will i test positive for alcohol.
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i had 2 busch beers last night,and drank them kind of quick i guess.im 15 around 140 pounds and like 5’6 how long you think it will stay in my system for?will i test clean if when i go to my drug and alcohol evaluation in 2 days.
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i drank 12 shots of vodka on friday from about 6pm til 9pm. i have a urine test monday at 7. lve drank at least two gallons of water since then plus ive been working out and sweating alot. im 6’2 250. will i pass?
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hailey Reply:
February 8th, 2011 at 4:34 pm
yeahh im pretty sure itll b out by now. people say it gets out of ur system over night but it does withi in 3 days
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free radicals are the number stuff that contributes to aging and cancer too-.”
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we just bought our wine cooler from e-bay and this stuff is really nice for cooling the wine you have at home ;;
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there are portable wine coolers which also fit in a small office space. i use them in my home office `;”
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Weight, height, and diet have a lot to do with the effects, but mostly they say it takes a full 24 hours to fully get out of your system. Why do you think you urinate so much when you consume alcohol in the first place? I feel like I go to the restroom every 5 minutes!
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free radicals can really damage your cells, that is why i always take antioxidants ,”"
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I drank one 12 ounce can of light beer last night @ 8:00pm and today took a urine test for alcohol @ 2:00pm today. Will I pass this test? height 5’7″ tall/ 230 lbs and overweight.
please advise,
Vinny
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peachykeen72r Reply:
January 1st, 2011 at 12:46 am
Did u pass?
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i drank one bottle of vodca (i.d edge) 10% alcohol 0.4 litre on saturday night,i have a urine test on thursday
24 years 178 cm 72kg
Regards
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i smoked weed 5 days ago will i be clean by tomorrow at about 2 i drank a powerade with certo in it which my friends tell me will clean out my system will i be clean please help me …
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December 29th, 2010 at 10:04 pm
O and i am 5’9 and 133 lbs
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I had three shots of tequilla last night and then had a blood test this morning to check on my liver functions and triglycerides. Will they be able to see that i drank?
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Had 4oz of liquor at 1am took urine test at 2pm I am 5’1 and 125 pds female
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I had 4 oz of liquor at 1am and took a urine test next day at 2pm I weigh 125 and 5’1 will I pass a urine test 12 hours later?
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timothy Reply:
June 6th, 2011 at 7:31 am
did you pass?
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hello everyone! I had three drinks on saturday. I stopped drinking at 6:30. My drinks consisted of jack daniels and coke, I have a drug test on tuesday at 5:30 pm. Will I be clean by than? I keep reading that it could take up to 80 hours for everything to be completely out and I am conserned. Please comment asap!
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I had a few drinks friday night(3 tall boys & about 3-4 beers) and 2 shots of wild irish rose and 4 beers saturday. urine test on wednesday. drank A LOT of water for the days in between. clean or dirty??????
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I had one bottle of Jack and a 12 pack of Bush beer while snorting some good crack until I passed out on my own urine and crap on Monday. But drank a lot of Kool Aid and had a ham sandwich when I woke up about 13 hours later on Tuesday. Will I pass my drug test on Wed?
C’MON PEOPLE !!!!!!
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I had four regular size cans of beer on wednesday and stopped at around 9pm. I then had been called in friday at 4pm to give a urine sample to get sent out for an etg test. It has not yet been sent out yet but will be on this coming tuesday. I drank a ton of water and cranberry juice friday morning before giving my sample. Will I still test positive?
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bo Reply:
June 9th, 2011 at 9:13 pm
hear anything back yet
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On Monday after my probation I drank about a half bottle of vodka and 3 tall boys after blowing a few large lines of yay and smoked a gotti and popped a valium. if I drink a shitload of cranberry juice + vinegar and eat a lot of spinach+broccoli, should i be clear for my piss test in 6 days? I’m 160 pound 6 foot tall white male, not a regular drug/alcohol user. thanks
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I quit drinking at 10 pm on Saturday April 30th. I have a urine test on Wednesday May 4th. Will I pass if I just drink water?
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i need to do a urine test today and I drank a bottle and a half of wine last night around 7…..
Will I be clean?
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timothy Reply:
June 6th, 2011 at 7:29 am
hey beth i was just wondering if u past? i am in a very simillar situation. please reply
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fri afternoon i started drinking i had 3 16oz cans of budweiser and 6 shots of rum. i stopped drinking at 8pm. The next morning i got popped with a ethanol urine test at 930am. so if one ounce of grain alcohol is past through you in an hour than i should be fine right? last time i had a test i had some drinks the night before and i thouhgt i was skrewd, but i passed. PLEASE REPLY
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I haven’t drank in 2 weeks but had 2 beers and 1 glass of wine on Tuesday around 9pm and took a random urine this Wednesday at 12 noon will I pass?
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bo Reply:
June 9th, 2011 at 9:21 pm
i mean on Thursday
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Hey i drank two 3.2 beers last nite Friday 17 at 9;30 pm and I have a urine test on Monday at 9 am in a county jail for probation will it show that I drank? I’m 26 years old weight 180 lb and I’m 5″9
I need an answer asap please
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will one mixed drink show up on a urine test after 17 hours? i weigh 145 lbs and drink lots of water.
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if i go out and drink 5 beers 10 days befor a urine test or any other test will i pass
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I drank about fifteen drinks on Thursday night. On friday nothing at all till 8pm I had one beer and a ounce and a half of vodka. urine tested on tuesday moring at 11am for it think a etg test. about 82 hours after a drink . will i test positive?
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I drank two mikes hard limonaids sunday around nine. I had drank them by ten. I then had sex till 2 sweating heavy and the next night at 11 I had to pee in a cup to be sent to the lab. What do you think might happen.
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I had a few drinks Saturday, the last one was at mid night. I had to take an etg wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Will it be positive for alcohol?
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I drank nine beers on Tuesday, I stopped at 6:00 p.m.. I had a urine test on Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. I am 5’6 and weigh 103 lbs, Will my urine be clean?
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If I drank 2 , colt 45′s & 1 , 211 high gravity , would I be able to pass a test tomorrow ?
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alcohol can be detected in your urine via an ETG urinalysis for up to 80 hours. i know this because i regularly receive UA results due to my job. short of diluting your urine there is nothing you can do to remove it, and most people who are requiring that you do the UA consider a diluted UA a positive UA.
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Ok, so if on monday at approxamitly 3:13 am i ingestested 1.9 shots of Heaven Hills Whiskkey. Then, promptly after, i sacraficed a cat to the high-lord Ashhem (as is custom) and mixed it blood with 10 oz. of pure everclear, which I chugged, would I be some retarded highschool wigger who has no knowledge of metabolism, science, and organic chemistry,will more than likely never get a college education, and is probably going to fail a drug test that i need to take since I was dumb enough to get caught smoking weed?
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