BostonHack

Thank you for your responses! You're a sane voice in this crazy ordeal. I might decide that it's easier just to quit drinking than to go through all this trouble. For now I'm valuing the freedom to do what I want more than anything else. I look forward to other responses, too! Your mention of an inpatient stay scared the crap out of me... I hope that never ever happens again and you get out of this quickly and quietly. Cheers!

They've only asked for hair and urine. My 'contract' says they could do a breathalyzer if they wanted. No mention of a Peth, but that's a useful thought. https://drugs-forum.com/data/attachment-files/2014/11/158036_Detection_Times_of_Drugs_of_Abuse_in_Blood_Urine_and_oral_fluid.pdf Wanted to post this in case it's useful for anyone else.

Agree that it would not work if I was a heavy drinker.... but I'm not! It's easy for me to go several days or longer without drinking. But I do like a glass of wine or two on Fri/Sat or on vacation, so it's only Monday tests that could be a problem- it would be an "emergency" measure. It's the curtailing of my time off that makes me crazy! I never ever hurt anybody or came to work altered or diverted (and no one's claiming I did). It's just the $shakedown (described well in this forum). Who do they think they are?? I just can't let them win.

Anybody ever try the methods described online for passing hair drug tests? The more I think about it and read, the more I'm sure they're going to try to spring one on me at some point. I see 2 methods described online- one impossible since I'm a human female somewhat vain about my hair and don't want to bleach it and color it back since that would look like ***. I'm not really opposed to buying a super expensive shampoo, though, or even cutting it super short if I had to. I have FIVE years in this program, so plenty of time to think about options. The only thing I'd want to conceal are etoh and occasional small doses of Ambien which I'm not convinced would show up anyway- not MJ, opitates, benzos, or anything like that. I appreciate your thoughts!

Can anybody say for sure if Quest (lab) option 1 panel is the same as Recovery Trek option 1 panel? If you look up Quest option 1 (easy on their website), it does not include etoh, or etg, or anything about alcohol at all! The woman who does the collection says that the monitoring program sends it to the most "sensitive lab" in the country... and that's Quest?? It's a Quest lab slip and she confirmed that it goes to Quest. My "diagnosis" does not include etoh, they're just asking me to be abstinent because they're assholes!

I've got a crazy idea to beat this thing. I'm posting to get feedback on whether this will work. Why not freeze some of my "clean" urine and use it when I get tested? Easy to transfer to a test tube I can keep under my arm or whatever for an hour to get it to the right temp. They test me approximately once a week. Occasionally they ask for it to be "observed"... I can just cath it back into my bladder, right? I'm a nurse, obviously, and female, so not squeamish about sticking stuff up there. Throw out and update my freezer specimen monthly or so. I think it's just crazy enough to work! Looking forward to your thoughts.