I need your help!

[GwenMarie30]

Things are getting so hard that I am feeling desprately overwhelmed and tonight just put the icing on the cake! I will start another thread on the things that have been going on with me and my family called "My Update" a little later this evening. I wont be sleeping much tonight.

Tonight I had my rehab class. Jay, my counselor knows everything that has been going on with me and isnt very happy with my codependant behaviors. Thats gonna be in my thread of my update. I went in for a one on one session before class and he wanted a urine drop. Well it came up positive for opiates. He said it could be pain pills, heroin, poppyseeds, etc. The test is one of those kind you dip in the urine and wait for the results. OMG! I am panicing just thinking about it. I am not panicing because I did anything wrong but because I swear on everything that matters to me, I havent done anything! I had to pay him $25 to have it sent to a lab and the results will come back in a week. So now he will report this to Family Services and my Probation Officer and I am going to lose my kids, boyfriend, and maybe my freedom and have to jail time. I dont understand! He dipped the urine with two different tests and they both came up positive. The only thing I have taken is Alieve and Tylenol. No one will believe me. What I am asking now is if there is anyone here who knows why it could come up positive and will a lab test be able to show them that they are wrong? I cant take this. Can someone please help?

[Latte]

Wait until the $25 test comes back. I would ask for a blood test.

I would slow down, breathe, take a warm bath and gather your thoughts.

[skunkape]

False positives are entirely possible. They will be able to tell more with the more advanced test. Don't sweat it right now. You know you are right and thats all that matters.

[eddie z.]

(((((GwenMarie))))),
I would expect the other test to come back negative. You may or may not know something like this happened to me this past winter and the re-test did come back negative although the test was for alcohol. Try not to project the worst, OK? Do you have a sponsor you could talk to about it? I will be thinking of you today!!

Love and hugs,
Eddie

[Moontime]

At a recent meeting a perosn failed a similiar test. he had an Everything bagel recently and failed. They said if it was from the poppyseed only a small trace will show up in the advanced test and he would be alright.

[Chance]

I dropped a dirty UA once it was so low that it barely showed up. I know that I was not feeling good and someone from the program gave me two capsels. Don't know what they were but when I talked to my sponsor he says that sometimes the test just are not right. I would worry about it too much, just try to stay calm and keep doing what you are doing.

Love Vic

[cmc]

Hi,
My husband had a false test done in the emergency room just this month- it was very upsetting, especially when you know you are doing all that you can to stay clean. We had to wait 3 days for the dr to approve another test and by that time they said it could read negative even if the initial test was true.
It is so frustrating.... I hope you can find some peace during this difficult time.
I don't have anything else to say except that I hope that things will all work out for you.
cmc