Does food weaken the effects of alcohol?
Not like you’d expect. Take it from one who has been there, done that, and KNOWS! ANY Alcohol will show up in a urinalysis via EtG TEST, the kind they do at Court/Probation, for AT LEAST 80 HOURS from the time you STOPPED Drinking. Courts/Probation officers use the EtG because they are SO Accurate. So about 3.5 DAYS, 80 hours, from when you STOPPED drinking. But if you really went on a ‘binge’, I’d add another 12 hours to the time to be on the safe-side. And BTW, “taking NyQuil or TheraFlu” WON’T hold up in Court unless you can get a sworn statement from your doctor stating he/she advised you to take it on such-n-such day(s). Don’t go there, It Won’t work! I have “Interlock” on my car and can unequivocally tell you there is NOTHING that will substitute a human breath sample! As for BAC… This is the best advise I can give for anyone looking for a NON-JUDGMENTAL answer: KNOW HOW MUCH YOU DRANK –This is the FIRST MOST IMPORTANT thing …i.e. 12oz beer, 1 shot, or 1 glass of wine equals