[homemaker616]

If I had a six pack of beer and drank lots of water afterwards I am a little person at 120 pounds and very active how long until it will be clear to pass a ETG test

[smoothy]

It doesn't work that way...

We don't tell you how much you can get away with so you can cheat on your future tests.

[Luck0rN0t]

Well, that depends in part on over what length of time you consumed the 6 beers... wait, did you drink 6 beers, then drink a lot of water or is this a 'plan ahead' type of thing? Is it 6 beers (12 oz each) over a couple hours? 6 hours? 12 hours? How much water did you drink and in what time frame after drinking said beer? What kind of beer? Mickeys or just regular ol' Budweiser?

[Alty]

Most experts say that it's 60-80 hours after alcohol is consumed. If excess water is consumed you will likely fail for dilution.

[AntC]

Most people will be clear from 48-60 hours after that much alcohol. Some peolple longer.

[smoothy]

24-48 hours... what a load of crap... where exactly did you garner this wisdom from anyway?

[AntC]

http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/content/42/4/317.full

[CravenMorhead]

We've gone over this before. A study of 19 adults does not a rule make. I can dig up that old post and repost all the evidence that muddies up the water. We don't need to do that.

[AntC]

I was only giving a scientific reference. As we all know, ETG metabolism is very individualistic. This is nothing more than published data, not a prediction for the OP.

[CravenMorhead]

It isn't your intent that I care about it is the perception of it by the user. Which is as a prediction. They're not going to go and try to find supporting papers, or papers that conflict that evidence. I would be surprised if they made it past the abstract.

[AntC]

The user's perception I cannot control. I can only post factual data and references. What some one does with it is their business.

[CravenMorhead]

If you're giving advice you have to make sure that you take that into account. People don't want studies. If I ask what I should feed my 11 month old daughter I am not looking for scientific data or papers on baby nutrition, I am looking for advice or recipes or ideas. The information you're providing is essentially useless. If I am asking the sterotypical question that appears on this board, "I drank and have a ETG test in XXX hours, will I pass?", they're not looking for scientific data on ETG tests. They're looking for someone to easily tell them what sort of small chance they have at passing. If they wanted papers and understood them, than they could look them up on their own.

[AntC]

I can just tell them what I think their chances are, based on the data. Do you think that would be a better way to help them?

[CravenMorhead]

Yea, but you need to consider ALL the data. ALL the studies. All the data provided by the labs that do the tests. As I said before, it is best to give the worst case because we can't guarantee anything better.

Honestly consider the situation as well. If they're taking the test it is for one of two reasons. Either it is a pre-hire test or it is a "You're not allow to drink but we don't trust you to NOT drink so we're going to test you randomly" test like you would get on probabtion. Are they trying to figure a way to cheat the system or not. There are many things to consider beyond the question they're asking.

[AntC]

I have read as much as possible on ETG and testing. I do consider all the data and use the data available that applies to each situation.
Most ALL the data provided by the test companies is hijacked from the original studies done by scientists.
I am only here to answer the questions asked in a professional and scientific way. I am here to help them with the problem that they complain of, just as any medical provider would do.

[odinn7]

...and never mind that this thread was started a month ago so the OP already has their answer by now.