​You followed every rule, stayed compliant, and still—your monitor flagged a “positive.”
You feel anxious, maybe even accused. What went wrong?

Many participants assume a reading always means alcohol use. In truth, that number is just data, and like any data, it can be influenced by far more than one factor. The reality is that alcohol monitoring technology is sensitive. It’s built to detect alcohol molecules, but it doesn’t always know where those molecules came from.

​You’re doing everything right. You haven’t touched alcohol, but your test results say otherwise. If you live with diabetes, asthma, or other health conditions, this can feel especially unfair.

Similarly, people using asthma inhalers might be exposing themselves to ingredients in the inhaler that appear to the fuel cell sensor as alcohol use.

​The real danger is silence. Most monitoring programs never explain how health affects readings. Participants are left feeling helpless, when what they need is medical and forensic knowledge combined.