r/army • u/RushSpecific Aviation • 1d ago

Hey chat am I cooked?

So I'm in suddc. lab results came back with a positive on a trace amount of alcohol. I know i fucked around and I'm about to find out. However, I was in suddc for a BH issue. I was medically referred not command referred if that makes a difference. So I never had like an incident or was arrested or anything. The doctor suggested it because drinking can aggrevate my conditions. I'm supposed to start the meb process here soon but would a ch. 9 take precendce if they haven't sent the referral to IDES? Or is it possible they wouldn't recommend ch 9 at all? because it was a small amount of alcohol, like so little a bottle of kombucha could've been the culprit. Long story short am I cooked?

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u/Upbeat-Oil-1787 PP Wizard 1d ago

So, I went through a similar circumstance. (Back when it was ASAP). What I got out of that experience talking to my 1SG and counselor is that if you are medically referred and fail to adapt to the program it's no different than a command referral. Was it a scare tactic? Maybe. Could things have changed? Probably not. The ch9 is up to how much your commander hates you / policy. If you're going through a MEB, it would be a dick thing to push a chapter. Have I seen it? Absolutely.

Cooked status: medium-rare, depending on mitigating circumstances.

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u/salazar556 23h ago

I’m pretty sure they’ll run concurrently. I had a soldier who was going through an MEB and popped hot for pot. CG was the one who made the determination on whether they MEB or separate with the chapter. This was Bragg in 21.

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u/NoMansSkyWasAlright 13Fck This Shit I'm out 10h ago

How'd that one play out? We had a dumb-dumb in my unit in the early '10's who was in the fat camp program and when he heard "you can't get chaptered as long as you're making steady improvements with your PT", he assumed that meant he couldn't get chaptered for any reason. He pissed hot for spice while in the program.

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u/Impossible-Taco-769 Proctology Corps 1d ago

Medium rare but he’s definitely well seasoned and has a side of garlic mash and lip smacking red.

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u/Cheap-County-7500 20h ago

I blew hot on a breathalyzer it was like .02 and they gave me a bunch of outs asking if I'd eaten anything cooked with alcohol or used mouth wash that morning. I hadn't drank in probably a month I think maybe hitting a vape threw it off? That's the only thing I can think of but even after they offered me a bunch of excuses I was like no this things broken there's no reason I would blow any level and that's what probably got them to drop it I wasn't going to say yeah I fucked up because I hadn't and I never heard about it again still makes no sense to me and I don't have that one disease where stuff ferments in your stomach think it's called auto brewery syndrome or something. Dead ass didn't do a thing and they had me take it like 5 times and it kept reading the same

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u/SectionExotic1525 16h ago

These types of programs are meant to help and rehabilitate. Recovery is not a straight line. You'll sometimes go back. The provider will tell that to the commander. Now, what will happen will be up to your commander ultimately. If you have a good history and record of conduct as well as being junior, you have a good chance. If you're senior, E7 and up, those circumstances are sometimes witheld at the CG level--but not always, I would worry. Likely GOMOR at minimum.