# Is an alcohol enema detectable in a breathaliser test? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 15, 2023, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-an-alcohol-enema-detectable-in-a-breathaliser-test/987062 "2023-07-15T10:34:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-an-alcohol-enema-detectable-in-a-breathaliser-test/987062/21 "2023-07-21T21:47:38Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > It sounds EXTREMELY painful to put alcohol near, up or on your butthole. Why? It’s just a mucous membrane, like you mouth, innit? ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-an-alcohol-enema-detectable-in-a-breathaliser-test/987062/22 "2023-07-21T21:54:05Z")
Maybe. I’m no expert but once I was putting alcohol on a cut below my navel and it ran down to my anus and, wow, that burned. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-an-alcohol-enema-detectable-in-a-breathaliser-test/987062/23 "2023-07-21T21:57:22Z")
I’m gonna stop trying to imagine how that could happen. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-an-alcohol-enema-detectable-in-a-breathaliser-test/987062/24 "2023-07-21T22:01:13Z")
Brushed up against a barbed wire fence. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-an-alcohol-enema-detectable-in-a-breathaliser-test/987062/25 "2023-07-21T23:16:15Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > was putting alcohol on a cut below my navel and it ran down to my anus But gravity? Your umbilicus (navel) is there. To end up at your anus it goes south, then north again. That’s where my concerns arose. You mus have been leaning? ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-an-alcohol-enema-detectable-in-a-breathaliser-test/987062/26 "2023-07-21T23:54:50Z")
I don’t think you can give yourself an alcohol enema, you need some help. Must have been a hell of a party! ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-an-alcohol-enema-detectable-in-a-breathaliser-test/987062/27 "2023-07-22T02:15:37Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Also, has anyone tried this? It sounds EXTREMELY painful to put alcohol near, up or on your butthole. I’ve never tried it, but I had a manager who described how he and his friends were going to enjoy wine enemas one weekend. They didn’t describe any pain, and I imagine by the time you’re looking forward to alcohol enemas you’ve got an anal sphincter that is used to being exposed to such things. After all, wasn’t your first experience with 80+ proof liquor at the other end of your alimentary canal an eye-opener, as well? ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-an-alcohol-enema-detectable-in-a-breathaliser-test/987062/28 "2023-07-22T03:11:42Z")
If they had been seated on a nonpermeable surface (like, a toilet seat lid) while treating the scratch and spilled more than a couple centiliters of alcohol on the wound area on the belly, the rest would run down and pool in the crotch and perineum area, which would probably cause sufficient contact for the ring of fire. ---
**Author:** ![md-2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@md-2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md-2000)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-an-alcohol-enema-detectable-in-a-breathaliser-test/987062/29 "2023-07-22T12:20:02Z")
Speaking of mucous membranes… One hears of stories - perhaps apocryphal - of liquor being poured on as a part of some adventurous party types performing oral sex on a woman. I’ve never tried it myself or heard of anyone who did, but I wonder if it is at all as enjoyable for the recipient as is alleged? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-an-alcohol-enema-detectable-in-a-breathaliser-test/987062/30 "2023-07-22T14:45:10Z")
> [@md-2000](#): > > but I wonder if it is at all as enjoyable for the recipient as is alleged? Tried it once. The answer is no. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-an-alcohol-enema-detectable-in-a-breathaliser-test/987062/31 "2023-07-23T03:01:42Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > If they had been seated on a nonpermeable surface (like, a toilet seat lid) while treating the scratch and spilled more than a couple centiliters of alcohol on the wound area on the belly, the rest would run down and pool in the crotch and perineum area, which would probably cause sufficient contact for the ring of fire. Exactly this. On the toilet and rather that blotting it, I just poured the alcohol straight onto the scratch assuming any excess would just drip into the toilet. From that position your toothole is at its lowest point. It was very painful, I just jumped right into the tub and ran cold water over it. Maybe wine is easier on the ass. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-an-alcohol-enema-detectable-in-a-breathaliser-test/987062/32 "2023-07-23T03:31:55Z")
Well, and remember that medical alcohol is probably more like 180-190 proof. I have ethanol of that strength in the house, but I use it for cleaning smoking pipes. I can’t imagine drinking that stuff straight (and the label specifically advises against it). ---
**Author:** ![md-2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@md-2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md-2000)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-an-alcohol-enema-detectable-in-a-breathaliser-test/987062/33 "2023-07-24T04:13:41Z")
Kind of reminds me of the joke: Priest: “This is holy water. One splash of this and you can go straight to heaven.” Little Johnny: “This is turpentine. One splash on a cat’s ass and it will go like a bat outta hell.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-an-alcohol-enema-detectable-in-a-breathaliser-test/987062.md?page=1)