well i got my test results back and guess what it came back positive for weed they said it was low but the fucked up thing is i never even smoked weed that bothers me very much cuz now i have a dirty i was in a room with someone smoking weed i dont know it just gets to me cuz i knew i had nothing to worry about i havent touched any drugs.
THC--the drug that is tested for--can stay in your system for months. If you smoked a lot of pot, it may take a while to have totally clean test. Also, I would not hang around people who are smoking weed: it is not good for your recovery. If I am around people who are smoking pot, I'm going to want to join them.
Hey Roberta! sorry for your plight..I have a detection period chart back from the days of my active use(before december 1984.With hydro grown weed and new strains now charts are probably much more accurate and much more intense.General periods if you smoked ,1 joint smoked..urine 2 days smoked 3 times weekly ( up to 2 weeks) smoked daily(most of us) urine (3-6 weeks) blood 8 hours.. med tox labs 1-800 832 3244(not sure if number still valid),Bottom line like Dave says "if you hang around barbershop for too long,you'll eventually get a haircut!! Part of moving forward in recovery is owning what is ours(if you were around people smoking) did you smoke up to month and a half ago etc?)only you know,but I can only suggest find " a learning point" in this scenario and move forward.Let us know how it turns out okay.Careful now, the disease may be whispering"this is messed YOU might as well just smoke NOW ,what difference does it make now blah blah, etc etc ,,whisper,whisper...etc...JUST DON'T USE!! :)
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This is wat I dont really get is when I wuz using i would test clean and now that Ive been clean since my kids were taken from me They want to say Im testing dirty. Ya I understand that its possible to get into my system just by being in the same room but I was only in there for not even 20 minutes. Just hope and pray that it was a mistake.
Arg... pee-pee tests. . It can make us or break us. But I gotta be honest, the lab techs do their jobs right. The handlers who are giving you the cup, and writing down the info.. they are the ones who make the mistakes. Because they are only human, and usually doing 10 things at once. Am I right? Answering phones, talking to others, writing stuff down, on their pc,..yada yada..a never ending parade of activities.
On other hand, the lab is a quiet place. No overwhelming flow of activities going on in there. They open up whatever has been sent to them, and do their job. And if asked to do a repeat on a vile of piss, it will come back the same. Because lab techs are meticulous and keep perfect records.
I have had dirtys when I know dam well I was clean. It sux. I wish you all the best and I pray your children are returned and you can all be together and live as a whole family as was intended
I thank you so much for taking the time to respond to my post. and you are exactlly right I think this is all a game cuz how can I be clean on all 3 other test and now that its time to send my kids home all of a sudden Im dirty. I dont kno anymore It just stresses me out so bad cuz I kno Im clean
Do they believe you (whoever THEY are) when you tell them that you're clean, that it was just an test error? Do you get a re-try, or something? Innocent until proven guilty, that sort of thing?
I agree THC stays for long periods in our system after we have quit.
And when it comes to early recovery, there are always setbacks when I've been judged for what I did in the past. I actually sort of started expecting this to happen, kind of being prepared to be suspected and put down. It was very difficult at times, it was frustrating no doubt. But then I had more serious concerns that I was consumed with as of that moment - me and my desperate need to recover. I went to meetings everyday, I shared my frustrations at these meetings, I called members at other times and shared about what I'm going through. I took a Sponsor and worked the Steps. Some small tools that I gained from the first 3 Steps together with the help of many others' similar experiences in their early recovery, I started letting it all be. I remember my Sponsor taught me back then to see every setback, everything that did not go my way as an opportunity to learn and grow, I was suggested to ask myself - how do I make use of the program, the Steps, in this situation? At times, it was difficult to do this, as I often found myself overwhelmed by the fact that I was at long last trying to work on my drug problem and recovery and I did find it unfair that my loved ones, the society or the system did not appreciate it. I started using the Second Step by trying to come to believe, by acting as if. At times I didn't have enough faith in the suggestions of my Sponsor or what the Program asked me to do, I just tried doing it anyway, just to see where it leads me to... it's the results of such initial experiences of trying out something new that started calming me down, assuring me that it does work!
What was an unbeleivable and impractical for me when I first heard in NA became very much practical and real for me, in my life...
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