That pungent sweat smell
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For me, it took over a month. Mind you, I was a pretty "sweaty mess" in early recovery. As in, a lot of light exertion caused me to sweat. And I sweat A LOT. The smell wasnt so bad to be honest, but the frequency and amount of sweat was.
Anyways, short answer - a month.
Anyways, short answer - a month.
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Every cell in my body was made in conjunction with booze. It takes 5 years for all cells to regenerate.
I am just now a completely booze free entity. Yay!
Smell wise, like Dee said, maybe a month. But, if you eat a bunch of garlic, you will smell like garlic for a while immediately.
I dated a drunk for a while back in my youth. I was crazy about her. The only reason we broke up was because my job took me out of the country. She drank and smoked all the time. Plus she ate tons of garlic. So that weird funky smell is something I enjoy a little.
Different strokes.
Thanks.
I am just now a completely booze free entity. Yay!
Smell wise, like Dee said, maybe a month. But, if you eat a bunch of garlic, you will smell like garlic for a while immediately.
I dated a drunk for a while back in my youth. I was crazy about her. The only reason we broke up was because my job took me out of the country. She drank and smoked all the time. Plus she ate tons of garlic. So that weird funky smell is something I enjoy a little.
Different strokes.
Thanks.
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Years ago i used to work as a junior doctor in a British hospital and part of my work was in the so called drunk tank.
Alcohol does excrete through your sweat but if you're worried you should take a blood test. Not drinking immediately starts the liver healing process provided your not consuming too much sugar or soda.
Good luck
Alcohol does excrete through your sweat but if you're worried you should take a blood test. Not drinking immediately starts the liver healing process provided your not consuming too much sugar or soda.
Good luck
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Lol thought it was just me. When I drink too much and sweat it smells like bleach....really strong. When I quit the last time it took about 10 days to rid myself of all the nasty side effects and then I enjoyed just being normal
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Originally Posted by proudtobehere 
I would love to get sweaty after a tough night as it'd help me feel better. However the sweat overwhelmingly smelled of bleach? Was I sweating bleach out lol?
https://time.com/4079549/sweat-smells-like-ammonia/
https://www.wellandgood.com/alcohol-body-odor-sweating/
https://www.healthline.com/health/alcoholism/ketoacidosis
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Wow! Thanks for posting.
First off, I'm a chemist (not a pharmacist kind of chemist for those of the British Isles, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand).
The only thing I smelled like was acetaldehyde and faintly of vinegar in my hat. The acetaldehyde is from the normal oxidation of alcohol by the liver, and the vinegar is acetic acid produced by normal skin bacteria "fermenting' the acetaldehyde from my sweat. Acetaldehyde has an odor that is not unpleasant. When someone says a person has alcohol on the breath, what they are actually smelling is mostly acetaldehyde, not alcohol.
As far as ammonia, when I wash just my armpits with bar soap that is alkaline, small amounts ammonia gas are produced from a reaction with the alkaline soap with ammonium compounds that have been in turn produced by bacteria from urea from my sweat. When an alcoholic develops ammonia odor all over the body when wet with sweat plus has ammonia on the breath, they have liver damage where the liver is unable to convert the normal ammonia produced by ordinary metabolic processes into urea. I was informed by a hospice care nurse that people who have cirrhosis of the liver and are in the final stages of dying, they have a strong odor of ammonia about them.
First off, I'm a chemist (not a pharmacist kind of chemist for those of the British Isles, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand).
The only thing I smelled like was acetaldehyde and faintly of vinegar in my hat. The acetaldehyde is from the normal oxidation of alcohol by the liver, and the vinegar is acetic acid produced by normal skin bacteria "fermenting' the acetaldehyde from my sweat. Acetaldehyde has an odor that is not unpleasant. When someone says a person has alcohol on the breath, what they are actually smelling is mostly acetaldehyde, not alcohol.
As far as ammonia, when I wash just my armpits with bar soap that is alkaline, small amounts ammonia gas are produced from a reaction with the alkaline soap with ammonium compounds that have been in turn produced by bacteria from urea from my sweat. When an alcoholic develops ammonia odor all over the body when wet with sweat plus has ammonia on the breath, they have liver damage where the liver is unable to convert the normal ammonia produced by ordinary metabolic processes into urea. I was informed by a hospice care nurse that people who have cirrhosis of the liver and are in the final stages of dying, they have a strong odor of ammonia about them.
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