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was he just scaring me??

i was at a AA class today and they said they where going to give us piss test that could detect drinking up to 10 days later... is he just lying or does that exist? i said no way he is just trying to scare us and my friends dont believe me

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  • 1 decade ago
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    First off I've never heard of an AA meeting that will test you, unless your involved in a treatment center.

    Standard drug testing will not show up more in 6-24hrs.

    A lesser known EtG type test is possible tp detect alcohol within 120hrs(5days).

    "Urine testing for Ethyl glucuronide (EtG), a direct metabolite of alcohol, offers an extended window for detecting consumption. Published studies differ on detection period, stating ranges from 80 hours to up to 5 days. This test requires expensive equipment to perform and has not been widely used.

    In September, 2006, the Department of Health and Human Services reported a study questioning the reliability of this method. The study reports: "At issue is whether exposure to alcohol or to the vapors of alcohol in many commercial products, such as personal care items, over-the-counter medications, cleaning products, desserts, wine vinegar, and the like or combinations of these products may cause elevation in EtG or EtS that could appear to be a return to drinking." SAMHSA released an advisory shortly thereafter stating that courts would likely question the admissability of EtG forensic evidence as a consequence of this study."

  • 1 decade ago

    There is no such thing as an AA class, it was probably a driver retraining class. AA meetings would never test you for anything. They won't require anything of you at AA. They will help you stop drinking , only if you want to, that's it. AA isn't run by any staff or anything like that, it is just a bunch of alcoholics who have stopped drinking.

    I don't think there is a ten-day test, but there are tests for shorter amounts of time. If it was me, I wouldn't take any chances, though. If there are legal strings attached, why bother risking it? Is drinking on any particular night that important?

    Good luck.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    no such thing

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