AC_101
New Member
Hello all,
I will be taking a CDT test, (on the date of my choosing) in order to get an interlock device removed from my car (Canadian here, not that it matters).
I have heard so many different things about the number of days required to lower CDT levels. For context, I am a 110 pound female. I have been drinking 3 or 4 tall cans of 5% beer daily for years now ( 473 mL each).
I have 2 concerns, the first is that I would like my test date to be booked for approximately 9 weeks sober, as this gives enough time for the letter to be processed. Should I play it safe at my level of drinking and wait 12 weeks? Does 12 weeks guarantee that I will pass? I don't want to mess this up but I am on a time crunch for the removal.
My second concern is that I had one pint a few days into my 'sobriety'. (I was going to limit my intake but decided that was dumb and to just quit all together). Will that one drink raise my CDT levels to their original level? Increase it? Or will my level of CDT just lower to that of a person who has one drink in a month? Can I have a glass of wine on my anniversary or will that completely set me back?
Obviously I am taking this very seriously but I want to limit my drinking to something sustainable and healthy instead of teetotal if possible. There don't seem to be any answers about these kinds of details.
If I don't get any responses, my plan is to just do the 12 weeks starting the day after my last drink and put off the interlock removal, but I may be overthinking things.
I will be taking a CDT test, (on the date of my choosing) in order to get an interlock device removed from my car (Canadian here, not that it matters).
I have heard so many different things about the number of days required to lower CDT levels. For context, I am a 110 pound female. I have been drinking 3 or 4 tall cans of 5% beer daily for years now ( 473 mL each).
I have 2 concerns, the first is that I would like my test date to be booked for approximately 9 weeks sober, as this gives enough time for the letter to be processed. Should I play it safe at my level of drinking and wait 12 weeks? Does 12 weeks guarantee that I will pass? I don't want to mess this up but I am on a time crunch for the removal.
My second concern is that I had one pint a few days into my 'sobriety'. (I was going to limit my intake but decided that was dumb and to just quit all together). Will that one drink raise my CDT levels to their original level? Increase it? Or will my level of CDT just lower to that of a person who has one drink in a month? Can I have a glass of wine on my anniversary or will that completely set me back?
Obviously I am taking this very seriously but I want to limit my drinking to something sustainable and healthy instead of teetotal if possible. There don't seem to be any answers about these kinds of details.
If I don't get any responses, my plan is to just do the 12 weeks starting the day after my last drink and put off the interlock removal, but I may be overthinking things.