I was just wondering how long heroin will show up in a drug test. I have a feeling my husband used on Friday when he was off work and hanging around with his loser friends. He was short $10.00 and he looked a little high to me and during the night he was scratching himself all night and talking in his sleep which he hasnt done in a long time. He has to randomly take drug tests for his probation and today his code came up so he has to go and take one. He doesnt seem stressed about it at all but I am cuz I cant do this again if he violates and goes back to prison. He has been doing so good that I know of. He used about a month ago when he first got out and I went off and threw him out and all that and he hasnt used since then. (that I know of - but i take him to work and pick him up and he usually gives me all his money for the bills but this week he made a little extra and kept some and when i counted it he was short $10.00 after he had been with his friends). We had a big argument on Sunday about his loser friends but he said those are his friends and he's not changing them. he doesnt hang out with his friends but they call him all the time and with this job he has now he is off on fridays and so are they so one of them took the bus to go and hang out with him. pissed me off so bad. I am so stressed about this. oh yeah he also had said a while back that he knows how to pass the drug tests for heroin by just drinking a lot of water. but that doesnt sound very reliable to me.

Heroin is water solluble and will leave the system within 24 hours so he should be ok! You should think about your relationship though and if he is going back to old friends,old neighborhood he will end up back where he came from just a matter of time. I hope everything does work out for you i really do if you need to talk you can pm me -K-
-Bridgett-

I dont know anything on the drug use, but i agree with bbacic on this. If he really wants to "change", hes going to make LIFE changes, that includes old habbits and friends if they are not healthy or safe for him or you...

Although generally heroin stays in your system for only 24 hours everyone's body make up is different and it can stay in a persons system for up to 72 hours.

Thanks for the responses. I know I do have to think about this relationship if he is not willing to give up any of his old friends. He doesnt hang out with them during the week or weekends just on Fridays when he is off work and I have to work all day. I have become to hate fridays. I dont want to sound stupid but what does water solluble mean exactly. Does that mean that if he does drink a lot of water and tests the next day or the same day it wont show up in the test?

Not necessarily -- there is more than one type of heroin and some can stay in the system for up to 72 hours or longer! That's even if you have flushed with water!

It depend's how they test you for drug use.
I know when I had trouble at the prison with failing the drug scanner,I had a hair test for drugs,at my insistance.
If you come into contact with any drugs,it show's on your hair for 90 day's,so I'd have thought it must stay in your system for some time.

Boxersgirl--
How are things going?

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i've always know it to take 3 days, so if he has to take it monday it is cutting it close, so the water will come in handy, but he better make sure his results don't come back "too dilute" from all the water, i know you said he's not worried, but you can buy an over the counter test, it costs maybe $20-$30, its a urine one and it will tell you if there are any traces of marijuana, opiates(heroin) or cocain, by a bar next to each drug name, i wish you luck

When my boyfriend got violated this last time it was mainly because heroin kept showing up. (maybe that's because he kept using it?) Anways- I know that it stays in your system for atleast 3 days. He would always drop dirty.

Hi,
As someone who played the game with the urine test and lost...Heroin and Cocaine stay for 72 hours, but they also look for the metabolites, such as quinine..Quinine is just as dirty as heroin.

DocSusan

quinine? I am not familiar with that except club soda says it contains quinine in it!

help me out with his--Sassafrass (spelling is probably wrong) cleans your system when your sick, would it also work for this. If not something from the health food stores, called Goldenrod will. I have seen it clean up the worst of the worse.

i'm on a weekend pass from the treatment centre im at, its my last week there. and i really wanna use some heroin today (being sunday morning) is there anyway i can use, then flush my system of it for the odd chance i get a urine test tomorow? please lemme know a.s.a.p cause im guessing the earlier i do it the better. Thanks!

I also believe it to be 72 hours or longer.

even if i like, drink gallons and gallons of water?

Oh and I think you shouldnt use Pitstick. Why would you mess yourself up at the end of treatment? I think you should call your sponsor. Right away!

and take a bunch of vitamins and shit? maybe some exlax or something i dont know. this craving is rocking me, im willing to do anything really. EXCEPT fail my urine test.

i actually tried calling my sponsor and hes not answering... great sponsor he is...

I can't believe you are in re-hab and you're looking for a way to use and not get caught. Actually, I can believe it. Do you realize you are on a web site for the loved ones who have been left behind when our partners went to prison? You are asking us to tell you how to break the law. I don't believe many members on this site are going to be very enthusiastic about telling you how you can get away with using some heroin today.

I'm sorry that I'm not a recovering addict so I don't have a lot of advice for you other than to say, DON'T USE, but I do know that's easier said than done. If you can't get hold of your sponsor, isn't there a councilor at the program you can go to? An AA or NA meeting? Another member of the program you can talk to? Prayer? A long run, a hot shower, a shopping distraction? ANYTHING? I do know that cravings are extremely powerful but they don't last long. You need to find a way to get through this craving and perhaps someone else on this site with more experience than I can advise you how.

Don't throw your life away. I've seen it happen and it's such a waste.

i'm on a weekend pass from the treatment centre im at, its my last week there. and i really wanna use some heroin today (being sunday morning) is there anyway i can use, then flush my system of it for the odd chance i get a urine test tomorow? please lemme know a.s.a.p cause im guessing the earlier i do it the better. Thanks!

Honey, I'm not gonna judge you, because I've done my share of drugs in the past, but, if you'r around PTO still and read stuff in here, you need to look up "TedsMom" She just lost her son to heroine, just recently, he Overdosed & was found by the sheriffs I believe, then she got that Knock on the door no one anticipates to get!!! Please, if you have family, especially children, Please think of them, get help please!! OR you will end up the same way, and I'm sure you have a lot to live for! Please read "TedsMom" information. I will pray for you in the meantime. I Love you & so does Jesus!!!! God help you & Bless you always.

sorry if i offended anybody.. i guess this is the wrong chatroom to ask questions like that. I don't have kids, but i do have a family and a beautiful girlfriend. i know you both are right, and i know the horrors of heroin firsthand. Ive had friends die. I've been to treatment centres, i'm on methadone, nothing seems to work. i cant get out of my head, im a prisoner and im not inside anymore. thanks for words of kindness, and sorry for being ignorant.

sorry if i offended anybody.. i guess this is the wrong chatroom to ask questions like that. I don't have kids, but i do have a family and a beautiful girlfriend. i know you both are right, and i know the horrors of heroin firsthand. Ive had friends die. I've been to treatment centres, i'm on methadone, nothing seems to work. i cant get out of my head, im a prisoner and im not inside anymore. thanks for words of kindness, and sorry for being ignorant.

You're not ignorant. You're an addict. There's a world of difference. I know the craving can overtake anything and everything around you. Nothing else matters. I get it. I'm just saying that you're recognizing that you have a craving right now rather than just impulsively using. That is great! Now you have a choice. Do you want to reach into that bag of resources and get through this craving and stop being a prisoner to your drug of choice or do you want to use and hurt eveyone else around you because you're not the only one who is affected by your using. And what if you OD? How wil you family and girlfriend feel then? You can prevent that. Only you can make the choice. But I know you're strong enough to make the right one if you want it badly enough.People do it every day. You don't have to be a prisoner to it. I wish you serenity. . .

i know i wouldn't OD, ive been using for years and i only got enough for a point anyways. i do much more then that usually. but yea, i know. its fucked up how selfish i can be sometimes when i think i can get away with things.

Find an NA meeting quick!! Please don't use. Even if you don't OD your family will still be hurt. It is painful, excruciatingly painful, to watch the people you love throw their life away on drugs. Don't toss away the progress you have made thus far. You deserve better, and so do your loved ones, try to remember that. Being that you are in treatment you already have been taught some tools to your recovery, use those instead. I have already said a prayer for you.

i know i wouldn't OD, ive been using for years and i only got enough for a point anyways. i do much more then that usually. but yea, i know. its fucked up how selfish i can be sometimes when i think i can get away with things.

You can flush out with water, dandelion tea, or use one of the flushes they sell at the health food stores.

You know you wouldn't OD because you've been using for years? Come on! You know that isn't true.

My neighbor who I grew up with used her whole life and she quit one day but when she got back together with her ex husband she started using again. At 46 years old she was found dead from an overdose in her bathroom.

sorry if i offended anybody.. i guess this is the wrong chatroom to ask questions like that. I don't have kids, but i do have a family and a beautiful girlfriend. i know you both are right, and i know the horrors of heroin firsthand. Ive had friends die. I've been to treatment centres, i'm on methadone, nothing seems to work. i cant get out of my head, im a prisoner and im not inside anymore. thanks for words of kindness, and sorry for being ignorant.

U didn't offend me, You are only human, we're all not perfect, we're gonna make mistakes, we all have addictions of all kinds, I just care about all souls, even to people I don't know, and I just want you to know, there is a way out, I know its not easy, but you gotta have faith, if you don't have it, you find it, and ask God above to give you that strength and he will, BELIEVE THAT, and HE WILL HELP YOU!!! God works through people to help people, and if you think about it, perhaps he had me read your post for a reason to reach you my friend. Don't ignore this message from me, its God, not me, trying to reach you. Pick up a Holy Bible, start reading, and ask him to give you strength, he may not answer right away, but he will answer you soon, trust me, try it, and watch the hand of God work on you & your life. God bless you now & Forever.

Pitstick:

There are 'protocols' that you probably know about for people with opium addictions. Like suboxone or subutex, combined with other drugs for cravings and to ease the affects of withdrawl. But I would either go to a hospital, an NA meeting, or somewhere but if the consequences for failing your test is a return trip to prison, you should really think long and hard about how much self-destruction you'll do for a few hours of being high. Like everyone has said, it just isn't worth it....and trying to 'beat' the drug test with water or anything else is not a good strategy, and unlikely to be successful. Good luck.

i wont be going back to jail, i wouldnt risk that. thanks for the support everyone. i'll try the water and coffee or something if i end up there. i got piss tested last week so i think its unlikely anyways, i just wanted precautions. i'm not religious in anyway, but i appreciate the prayers. I'm trying the rational recovery since NA and AA is to much god stuff for me.

i wont be going back to jail, i wouldnt risk that. thanks for the support everyone. i'll try the water and coffee or something if i end up there. i got piss tested last week so i think its unlikely anyways, i just wanted precautions. i'm not religious in anyway, but i appreciate the prayers. I'm trying the rational recovery since NA and AA is to much god stuff for me.

You say you won't be going back to jail because you "wouldn't risk that" in one sentence, then in the next you say you'll try a water/coffee flush if you end up using. How is chosing to use ""NOT risking jail?" It's a huge risk. You could be randomly tested any time. Do you think it's fair to abandon your girlfriend and leave her all alone out here for god knows how long while you're sitting in jail just so you could get high? There are people here trying to help you and if religion isn't your thing, so be it. You don't have to believe in God to pass a drug test. You just have to stay clean.

i wont be going back to jail, i wouldnt risk that. thanks for the support everyone. i'll try the water and coffee or something if i end up there. i got piss tested last week so i think its unlikely anyways, i just wanted precautions. i'm not religious in anyway, but i appreciate the prayers. I'm trying the rational recovery since NA and AA is to much god stuff for me.

I'll tell you what, you don't need to be religious in anyway, and thanks for appreciating the prayers, but one day you will meet the maker, I promise you that. For now, I will continue to pray for you & all others who are going through what you're going through. Remember, its gonna get Rougher, before it can get any better, hopefully, you'll be able to wake up and see one day exactly what it is you need to see to recover from your addiction. I wish you the best. Good luck. At least keep hope in your heart.

i'm on a weekend pass from the treatment centre im at, its my last week there. and i really wanna use some heroin today (being sunday morning) is there anyway i can use, then flush my system of it for the odd chance i get a urine test tomorow? please lemme know a.s.a.p cause im guessing the earlier i do it the better. Thanks!


Don't be a fool!
It's not worth what it would cost.
72 hours is an AVERAGE for opiates but it depends a lot on your individual body type, metabolism, liver function and other factors.... You really want to blow it NOW, with only a week to go?
If you don't want to get clean, that's your lookout, I suppose (Though your slot at the treatment center could've been left for someone who actually DOES want their life back.) but to use today, when the stakes are high, would be a stupid move....
And no, I do not believe you do want to get clean... not if you're here asking how to get away with getting high instead of seeking out help in handling the jonesing....Get some orange juice, some Tension Tamer tea (available at any grocery store) and some high protien snacks, but for the love of mike, do not go score!

My prayers are with you Boxer... You don't need us to tell you what you need to do...
It is what it is... and WE are here for you...
Blessings... Mark Alan

The thread is from 2005 & Boxersgirl has not posted since 2007, so chances are thin that she'll see any message here.

Another member has revived the thread tyring to find out how he can get high without getting busted.