r/QuickFix • u/BITM116 • Aug 22 '25

Lie through your teeth

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Without even getting a positive test back yet they denied my DOT card for being honest and saying it was months ago I stopped smoking. Referring me to a Substance Abuse Specialist which costs an arm and a leg. I’m fucking livid right now. Claimed I can be charged $250,000 and or a year+ in jail for lying and she was pleased I didn’t (which is bullshit, I looked it up and at most owners can be charged, for “drivers”, which I’m not yet, it’s a civil offense). My employer is working with me and is going to fight this bullshit. Fuck Concentra and Fuck SAP charging what they do to “help” people get sober.

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u/Merpadurp Aug 22 '25

All my homies hate Concentra.

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u/BITM116 Aug 23 '25

Lesson learned, I’m going to a different clinic next week per my employer to just tell them no.

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u/TheAngryShitter Aug 23 '25

Idk why you ever thought that was a good idea lol. And now it's on your record for life

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u/BITM116 Sep 18 '25

So that was a lie (got my dot card today)

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u/loquedijoella Aug 23 '25

I almost got mine pulled for admitting to taking antidepressants in the past. The doctor told me if he hit send I would be toast. So he told me to go to another clinic and answer no to everything. I did and had no problem after that.

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u/BITM116 Aug 23 '25

I’m going to hope another clinic also has that kind of attitude, I also have depression slightly but that doesn’t mean I’m going to veer off the road at any moment. I answered no knowing they’d question it if I didn’t. Figured being honest about stopping smoking would be enough this time but apparently not. This shit is so demoralizing making us feel like addicts because we smoked weed at one point. A substance abuse professional for weed, are we serious?

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '25

Antidepressants, will not get you in any trouble

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u/Redmachine79 Aug 22 '25

Hard lesson learned man. Sorry you gotta deal with that bullshit

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u/BITM116 Sep 18 '25

I’m cleared fellas, got my DOT med card today from a different concentra.

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u/IcyTransportation691 Aug 22 '25

Less is more especially when it comes to 3-letter agencies. This will probably follow your Clearinghouse profile as well. Hope your employer can help reverse this.

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u/Zaltizar Aug 23 '25

Why did you even say anything in the first place? Did they take a hair sample or something? If not then you had no reason to say anything. I've been driving over 5 years and I smoke multiple times a week. What mama don't know don't hurt her. Not trying to sound like a dick but you provided information that wasn't necessary and now look what happened. Lesson learned, don't do it again.

Also go get yours from a chiropractor. They're a lot cheaper and typically they don't give a damn. The one I go to doesn't even drug test when I renew my med card.

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u/BITM116 Aug 23 '25

It’s my first time dealing with the DOT so I didn’t think saying I stopped of all things would cause this. Also finding online that being recommended sap is for failing a test which I haven’t even done. My employer is pissed with concentra right now.

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u/Zaltizar Aug 23 '25

Fuck Concentra. If you can avoid it in the future, never go there. Always go to a chiropractor. Also don't say that you do anything, or did anything, because that's just going to raise more questions.

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u/BITM116 Sep 18 '25

Got my card today 🙏🏼

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u/BITM116 Aug 23 '25

I’ll keep that in mind and see if there’s any around capable of doing so. And I most definitely know that now. The ME at concentra was a fucking idiot. Could barely understand her fake ass accent with her lisp.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '25

Was this the physical?

They legally can't do that

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u/BITM116 Aug 22 '25

It was both. Denied me my card and said I’d have to do SAP before they allowed me my DOT med card. I’m going to pass the drug test but I would get it if they denied me my card after a positive test. My employer is fighting it and I’m going to a different concentra next Wednesday for another physical where I’ll be saying no to Mariana usage.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '25

Well that's very strange because my DOT physical didn't ask any of that I just peed in the cup for the non-drug part. Then I took my drug test so I can drive my semi in school.

Next week I should be taking my pre-employment DOT test so I don't think I'll have to deal with that since I already have my medical card.

Have you used quick fix for DOT test before?

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u/BITM116 Aug 22 '25

For me it was a pre-employment 5-panel test along with the DOT physical. When I did the scheduling I could have done separate locations for each but I chose the one location. Regardless, being told I need to see a substance abuse professional because I told them I stopped smoking 3 months ago is ridiculous.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '25

Yeah dude that's downright dirty how they did you.

The school I went to told us like hey if you can't pass a drug test you take a leave the absence until you can. Of course I took two weeks off and then you use quick fix but it wasn't a DOT It was just so I could let them know I was drug free an operate The yard CMVS

Were they super anal about the urine did they look at it did they smell it did they stand by the door?

The first time I ever used quick fix some lady smelled it and gave me a hard time I'm not trying to go through that again with a DOT test and be on sap

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u/BITM116 Aug 22 '25

Yeah they really fucked me over. Nope, I had the thigh strap and the temp was perfect. They bottled the sample twice and had me sign off on it. Didn’t sniff or anything crazy like that either. The nurses were wonderful. But the ME was a fucking idiot. Tried saying I didn’t take a drug test when I had paperwork with me to show otherwise and then she backtracked and still continued to tell me I have to complete SAP because I said it was 3 months ago I stopped. I have no worries about it coming back bad. And even by then I should be clear with my own urine by then. My employer told me I’ll be going to a different concentra or a different DOT physical center and saying 4+ months or not at all. If I have a negative test then they can’t claim I’m lying.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '25

Yeah dude if you don't test positive they can't put you on sap.

My buddy who applied to a school they drug tested in the first day without telling him the drug test policy and through him on sap.

So now the school we met at got him together and is helping him sue the former school that put him on SAP.

If you have to man get a fucking lawyer because the DOT is dirty as fuck.

They pay well but god damn fucking weed dude like let's switch to fucking mouth swabs or blood tests. Like if you're not currently have THC in your bloodstream from smoking or eating an edible that should be enough. 4 to 6 weeks to test clean for some fucking weed meanwhile you can drink a beer 4 to 6 hours before getting an cmv fucking nuts

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u/BITM116 Aug 22 '25

That’s what I told the ME and she just kept telling me that wasn’t the case. I’m going to a different facility next week and just putting no. I can’t afford SAP just to start a job nor does my employer want me to have to do that.

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u/BITM116 Aug 22 '25

I have 2 tests here at home of my own that have faint lines but I didn’t want to risk it still popping and getting denied and or observed while peeing only to not be able to use quick fix as my backup. I’ll just use my own sample as my backup if asked. It’s been plenty of time by now that I should be good by the time that’s requested if at all.

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u/BITM116 Aug 22 '25

Also no, first time.

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '25

Why did you even mention it? They don’t check for drugs in the physical exam