Originally Posted by
susan1000
42 hours later I had to give urine to be tested at a laboratory. When I did my urine was almost clear from all the water I had been drinking trying to clean my body out. Will I pass or have a positive for alcohol?
16 standard drinks (US) or 219.2 grams of pure alcohol (80 proof).
Elimination time was in the vicinity of 10-14 hours for ethanol. BAC = 0.
That left 28-32 hours for clearance of EtG, a metabolite of ethanol that is commonly tested for. Probably not enough time.
If they tested only for systemic alcohol you were easily in the clear. On the other hand if you are in a
total-abstinence program where EtG is tested for it will likely be detected.