How Long Does Alcohol Stay In Your System?

When alcohol is ingested, the body begins to metabolize it. During this process, the alcohol enters the bloodstream, passes through the internal organs, and is then excreted through breath, urine, and sweat. Because it takes time for alcohol to enter your bloodstream after you drink it, your blood alcohol level can actually rise for a time after you’ve had your last drink.
Sweating, breathing, and going to the bathroom excrete only a small amount of the alcohol—which is why most screening tests require a blood sample. The alcohol will be detectable in your bloodstream far longer than it will for a simple breath test.
Using a breath test, one ounce of alcohol is generally no longer detectable in one to two hours, depending on the size and sex of the person. This also assumes one, one-ounce drink of alcohol, with no alcohol ingested for several hours or days before that. One ounce of alcohol will have a greater effect on a 100-pound female than it will on a 300-pound male. And whether fair or not, alcohol stays in a female’s system longer than a male’s because of the fact that women metabolize alcohol differently than men do.
A blood test, however, can detect smaller amounts of alcohol and for longer periods. Small amounts of alcohol ingestion (one to three ounces) may still be detectable in the blood ten to twelve hours later—again, depending on the person. These figures are also for a non-habitual user, or the occasional drinker. A habitual drinker’s blood and internal organs will "store" the alcohol from successive drinking sessions, and it takes much longer—sometimes up to a week—to eliminate enough alcohol from the system to pass a blood alcohol screening.
To metabolize alcohol out of your system, it must pass through your liver. A perfectly-functioning liver can metabolize an ounce of alcohol per hour—about one standard drink. Heavy drinkers, whose liver may be impaired, may metabolize much less than that, and would need to allow a much longer time before taking a blood alcohol test.
You cannot speed up your liver’s functioning. This is why drinking large amounts quickly or chugging drinks can become fatal. What the liver can’t process, the blood must store, and alcohol poisoning can be the result. If planning for a blood alcohol test, it’s best not to drink any alcoholic drink for several hours to a day or two prior to the test date to give yourself the best chance for a clear test result.

Alcohol is absorbed into the blood stream and can leave the body either through metabolism or through urine, breath and perspiration. About ninety percent of alcohol remain in the blood stream and needs to leave the body through metabolism alone.

How long alcohol stays in the blood stream of a person depends on the rate of metabolism. The rate at which alcohol is metabolized is about .015 BAC (Blood Alcohol Concentration) in an hour. Accordingly, a person with blood alcohol concentration of .15 becomes totally free of alcohol content in his bloodstream after about ten hours.

There is no way to speed up alcohol metabolism. Alcohol metabolism rate remains the same irrespective of taking non-alcoholic drinks, exercising, bathing or similar activities. A person can only control the level of blood alcohol concentration by drinking less. Thus the only way to get rid of alcohol from your system fast enough is to control the level of blood alcohol concentration.

A standard pint of beer or lager takes between 2-3 hours to leave your system.

Alcohol stays in the system, depending on how much you have drunken, every hour that go's past your system gets rid of one drink.

  Your best to pace yourself to one drink an hour, or to drink a fluid like water in between drinks to help your system along and never drink on an empty stomach, that's just asking for trouble.

Your body will metabolize one ounce of alcohol (one mixed drink, one beer or one glass of wine) per hour.

This can be affected by your metabolism, what you have eaten recently and physical activity.

The average, or standard drink stays in the body for about 1 hour...these would include a 12 ounce beer, a 5 ounce glass of wine or 1.5 ounces of 80 proof liqour.

If i drink say  4 to 5 beers a day how long will it stay in your  system

If I drank a 6 pack of corona beers within an hour on saturday night, will I pass a urine test tuesday night?

64 ounces of wine-coolers 15 hours before a drug urine test... Will i pass

I had about six bud lights on sunday  stopped drinking about 5 pm. Took a urine test wednesday at 2 pm. Will i pass? The lady giving me the test said they can detect alcohol up to 72 hours, i really doubt that..... By the way im 235 5'10'' an avid drinker, and yes i drove just fine.

If i drink a filth how long will it take so my urine is clean

If i drank a six pack of bud thursday night will it be out of my system by tuesday evening.. ?

If blood tested for alcohol how long will it stay in my system

If i stop drinking at 4 am on sunday morning, then take a drug test on monday morning at 5 am will i pass?

I am a heavy drinker if i was to drink 24 beers friday and 24 saturday will i pass a blood alcohol test on the thursday

If i drink FRiday and Saturday and take a urine test for alcohol on Wednesday wil I test positive.

Stop asking these dang questions "If I drink how long will I need to pass a test", there is obviously a reason you are getting court ordered to take an alcohol test, if you are ordered to take a test, and you are still drinking, YOU HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND NEED TO GET TO REHAB!

If you are a regular heavy drinker, it stores in your  body organs.  Will take up to two weeks to
pass a alcohol blood test. Sorry...

I just took a urine test @ 2:30pm on Tuesday and drank Sunday until 10pm.  Before sunday i'd hadn't drank for 6 days.  I exercise everyday and drink a lot of water each day.  I have a high metabolism and 6"1 190lbs.  Will I pass

It depends on what u drink nd how u much u drink its meant ta b lyk one hour a can so if u drank 48 cans or More it would b in ur system for over two dais

Apparently, the best is not to drink at all. This way, I won't do any test, and won't have any problem at all

:)

Would you all stop asking if you will pass a test.  Firstly no one is answering and the reality is you cant change it now and whatever the result is you will have to deal with it.  Save the posts for useful Q&A's please.  There is enough at the top to see that there is no sure calculation that works and is dependent on many complex factors.  If you want to know if you are legal to drive then buy a breath tester or dont drink when you need to drive.  The post of someone who was done for drinking 5 glasses of wine over 5 hours does not sound sensible to me - you should not try to calculate how quickly your body processes it and pace yourself accordingly.  Also although you process approx 1 unit per hour, your body will not necessarily manage this while you keep drinking at the same time.

I have cirrhosis and take many meds I also have chronic neuropathy I take 4 100 mg ms-contin er and 30 mg morphine sulphate ir 4 times a day 2 mg clonazepam 3 times a day Iv'e been a heavy drinker for many years the last time I consumed alcohol was midnight friday I have approx 4 days to take a urine test will i pass?

If you're driving, don't drink period.  The Po Po will nab you and if they decide you're impaired at a .04, you'll get a DUI. It's their discretion and their word against your word.  Unless they make a MAJOR mistake, you can't win in court.   Don't do it, it's too much hassle and who wants to put other's at risk anyway, right?

10-12 hours after drinking

8 hours

24 hours max

3 hours for every ounce

5 days

How long does it take to get out of ur system if your a men and way a 120 pounds

How long would it take  for two drinks to work out of my system if I weigh 128lbs for a5'4

2 or 3 hours

3days

It depends on what alcohol you drank but the strongest beer stays in your system depending on how much you drank 1 hour for each can.