[Sheldonia]

Hi there, I read a bunch of threads here when I first learned I'd be taking EtG tests, but didn't think I'd need to ask my own question :/

Long story short, my attorney mistakenly advised me that I'd be released from pretrial services at a certain point and it turns out I still had a week and a half to be subject (2 more tests). Went out to celebrate my case being resolved successfully (Colorado "DWAI" - basically a dui lite, under the legal limit, which I didn't even know existed). The EtG condition was based on my needing to travel out of state for several months, so I couldn't do random BA's etc and got set up to do EtGs here in CA on Mondays and Fridays.

So: on a Monday night after thinking I was "released", had the following:

*female, 125 lbs, fast metabolism

7-8 pm: 2 standard glasses white wine (5 oz-ish)
8:30-10:30 - 3 martinis (flavored vodka + juice, vodka with less alc % than regular
10:30 - 12 midnight: 2 standard shots Bacardi light (80 proof)

So the start of drinking was at 7 pm, last drink at 12 midnight, I calculated that at the 80 hours-til-test mark, 6 am, my BAC was still about .11 and didn't reach 0 BAC until about 1-2 pm, which ended up giving me 72-73 hours until I tested at 1:45 on Friday.

So, 80 hours from BAC .11 and 72 hours from BAC 0.

Is my understanding correct that the earliest drinks (started 91 hours prior to test) were already creating EtG and starting to be eliminated prior to the 80-hr-to-test mark?

I didn't fund out until Wednesday morning that I'd have to test again, so immediately started hydrating more than usual and especially on the day of the test, voiding multiple times Fri morning and drinking just enough fluid right before to be able to provide a sample not too dilute.

Note: lab uses 250 cutoff.

Thanks for any input... Stressing out after 4 months of 2x weekly tests with no positives!

[Wondergirl]

DrBill is on hiatus for at least a month or two. Another expert may be along to answer this.

[Sheldonia]

DrBill is on hiatus for at least a month or two. Another expert may be along to answer this.

Thank you - welcome anyone's expertise on this!

[RNBSN]

Sheldonia,

I just want to make sure that I am doing the math correctly. It appears that you had 7 drinks and you are estimating that it takes you 18 hours to metabolize them? You would be eliminating drinks at anywhere from .7 to 1 drink per hour. With that being said, you should have been at BAC 0 by 7 to 10 hours after your first drink.

I would be very surprised if you showed positive for EtG. If you don’t mind, please post your results.

[Sheldonia]

Hi RNBSN,

I used an online "personalized" BAC calculator (including gender/weight) that showed 7 drinks within 5 hours would take me until 11 am Tuesday (I did miscalculate that I wouldn't be at BAC 0 until 2 pm Tuesday).

So, if that is about accurate for me, it was probably more like 75+ hours from BAC.

I just got the results yesterday (the lab emails them to me since I'm doing a private-pay-lab thing while here in CA) and PASSED which was a huge relief.

Not a drop until I have it in WRITING signed sealed and delivered that this "program" is over - not taking anyone's word for it!

As an aside, even then I doubt I'll consume at that level again - especially after not drinking at all for over 6 months (was on random BA's in CO before having to travel and do EtG's), the yucky-feeling the next day was not really worth it!

[RNBSN]

Thank you for posting your results!