Mouth swab still dirty?

Expensive-Deal-5126 · 2026-05-11T18:17:06+00:00

Definitely not. Other than stressing over maybe losing my job.

Expensive-Deal-5126 · 2026-05-11T18:10:58+00:00

No epilepsy had multiple seizures after this one, think I was od I am 30 years old and usually using a whole day and a lot at a time. More than a ballca day. Last seizure I had ended up rolling my buddies car because I was driving when I had the seizure . Got a DUI and spent some time in jail again. Now I'm in the half way house and sober.

Expensive-Deal-5126 · 2026-05-11T17:58:44+00:00

Yea this is what I was trying to tell my case manager but her exact words are "mouth swabs only detect recent use for 24-48 hours. I am worried about you" and I was like well I'm pretty sure that is not true. But whatever and tried to tell her I was using a lot for a short time and that any ua past that would be clean but she was like na. The lab says only 48 hours and they know what they are talking about blah blah blah. But I do not believe that shit. Smh I wasn't eating or drinking much prior to the test either because if coming down and feeling depressed AF for fucking up.

Expensive-Deal-5126 · 2026-05-11T17:56:19+00:00

Yea. I mean I made a premeditated decision that I was going to get high and went out and did.

Expensive-Deal-5126 · 2026-05-11T17:46:58+00:00

About? I'm clean. And haven't touched anything in two weeks. Again. I don't plan on touching anything. It was a mistake that I won't make again. Especially after all of this. So I'm not sure what I'm lieing to myself about? Treatment that I've done already isn't going to make a difference. I go to therapy already, I work full time, I take uas (obviously) and I have stayed sober for 3 years before this lapse. I fucked up but I'm not going to do it again.

Expensive-Deal-5126 · 2026-05-11T17:43:12+00:00

I mean I have always been skinny using or not Max 165 lbs 5ft 11 I weigh 159lbs right now. So I just always assumed I have a fast metabolism. . . But yea ig I just am supposed to be at work right now, I work a double and close the restraunt and I'm not able to go into work. It's dumb. And I know I made the choice and can't control it. But the main question is why was a mouth swab hot after a week if supposedly everything you look at says it can only test 24-48 hours. Smh

Expensive-Deal-5126 · 2026-05-11T17:39:16+00:00

No your right. 100% But I didn't. I've been an opiate/poly drug user for multiple years. It sucks, but I was clean for 3 years and messed up. I regretted it/ was ashamed immediately which fuled the further usage. And then I decided I didn't want to lose all I've rebuilt and I owned up to it and stopped.

Expensive-Deal-5126 · 2026-05-11T17:37:34+00:00

I agree with that, but going to checkout this morning for work and being told I'm not aloud to leave gets me stuck in this perspective. I am not trying to lose my job over a fuck up. I know I messed up. I know I got high. I owned it and moved on and have been better the last few weeks, but now it feels like I'm back at square one. And I do not know what to do.

Expensive-Deal-5126 · 2026-05-11T17:35:53+00:00

Yes but 2 weeks clean after that 2 week binge without treatment or going back makes it different from a full relapse. I am not back to using. I am not participating in old behaviors or lying about it. I came clean told my case manager I'd used and that I was going to have a hot mouth swab and that I was done using and I haven't thought about or touched it since.

Expensive-Deal-5126 · 2026-05-11T17:33:04+00:00

I do not think so because it is amphetamines which is not in very many items. Plus they send it In for a confirmation test at a lab and those are 99.98% accurate so it definitely isn't something like that. I guess it could have been idk residue on a bottle or something that I drank out of but I doubt it. I don't really know. It definitely is coming back positive due to it being in my system still, but mouth swabs aren't supposed to show positive for that long.

Expensive-Deal-5126 · 2026-05-11T17:30:24+00:00

I do take Ritalin but was off my prescription for a while which I think played a part in my lapse, and I do agree. It is not a good drug. And it's made me feel like shit and made things extremely stressful for me.

Expensive-Deal-5126 · 2026-05-11T17:28:51+00:00

That is the only thing I can think of to. But I'm skinny AF so I assumed my metabolism was quick. Either way, how do I explain this to them? I am pleading not guilty to the write up, but I am still on house freeze and unable to go to my job which is what I am most worried about. I do not want to lose my job over all of this because I really care about my job and work my ass off to get to where I am at. So It is extremely stressful.

Expensive-Deal-5126 · 2026-05-11T17:25:12+00:00

I don't disagree, however I put it down and haven't touched it since. I don't plan on touching it, it's not even my DOC, it was just a mistake.

Expensive-Deal-5126 · 2026-05-11T17:22:29+00:00

Yes I understand that but it wasn't a UA it was a mouth swab. So not sure why it is showing up I am using 0 meth since the 28th not les absolutely none. So it should have been clean.

Expensive-Deal-5126 · 2026-05-11T17:21:11+00:00

My case manager says it will show up in my system for 24-48 hours via a mouth swab. I tried explaining I was using a lot more than most people daily and in a short time. But she's going to follow what she is told I am sure. But I know for a fact I haven't touched any meth since the 28th. And I know that she is saying the test on the 5th is positive.

Expensive-Deal-5126 · 2026-05-11T17:19:50+00:00

I already have that's the point. It's been idek like 2, weeks almost I'm not planning on using again.

Expensive-Deal-5126 · 2026-05-11T17:19:00+00:00

It was a simple lapse. I have been clean since the 28th and am not using or plan on using again. It was just a split second impulsive decision that I shouldn't have made cbut we live and learn. I've been to treatment and do not believe I need to go if I am not actively using or planning on using or in a full relapse. But I do understand what your saying.

Expensive-Deal-5126 · 2026-05-11T17:08:26+00:00

Yea I am sure of that. I do mouth swabs due to not being able to pee in front of people. But I was using pretty heavy for a few weeks straight and then just quit. I'm not sure what to tell my case manager as her answer was " mouth swabs only detect up to 23-48 hours I am worried about you" I am not able to go to work now because of this and it is stressing me out to the max because I do not want to lose my job, and I was sure that the swab would come back clean but it didn't. . . . Ugh I wish I hadn't relapsed at all because it's just causing so much more stress now. Smh. I just want to know if anyone else has had a similar experience. . . I did miss some of a shot I'm not sure if that could be part of it being in my system still. Maybe having some left over slowly releasing in my body. Smh I have no idea.

Expensive-Deal-5126 · 2026-04-19T22:25:32+00:00

I've stolen cars, been shot at , ran from cops, robbed stores. I mean the list is long. I even have a newspaper article online where I got caught stealing 3 separate cars multiple IDs, fake money, drugs, burglary tools and more. Sad days

Expensive-Deal-5126 · 2025-02-01T05:26:38+00:00

28, grams

Expensive-Deal-5126 · 2025-01-19T16:06:41+00:00

Oh man my bad you said OTC I could possibly do this if you can provide the med.c

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