ukbiggs
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Basically I spent jan-september travelling Asia drinking heavily everyday, there was a 2 month complete break throughout may and June but then back on it until mid September..
I was working in a bar for a lot of that period and being a drunken backpacker for the rest so i would say I was averaging a bottle of whiskey a day throughout that period (there were days where we wouldn't drink due to long bus journeys but there were also day sessions where i would get through more than one bottle so I would say this is a good average)
Since I got back in mid September I have been drunk once (new years eve), other than that I haven't touched a drop. It was only a couple of days before my ban was over that i went to fill out the form I received and realised i was required to take a medical!
My question is will they be able to tell that I'm not alcohol dependent and that I haven't drunk in quite a while or will they just average the 200 odd bottles of whiskey over the 12 months and laugh in my face??
I may have been alcohol dependent at some point during my travels but surely the fact that I stopped drinking completely the day I got home says otherwise and should prove there isn't an ongoing issue? But will they be able to see this from the test??
Any advise is much appreciated!!
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This has really P'd me off, I can understand if they had taken this test when I lost my license and proved I'd been dependent while driving but I've been banned so weather or not I've had a drink during that period is nothing to do with them! Dvla told me to ask my doctor however its a struggle to understand my doctors english at the best of times and I dont think she fully understood what I was asking so just kept saying 'it depends' .. Would like abit more info than that before I fork out £180 only to be refused!!
I was working in a bar for a lot of that period and being a drunken backpacker for the rest so i would say I was averaging a bottle of whiskey a day throughout that period (there were days where we wouldn't drink due to long bus journeys but there were also day sessions where i would get through more than one bottle so I would say this is a good average)
Since I got back in mid September I have been drunk once (new years eve), other than that I haven't touched a drop. It was only a couple of days before my ban was over that i went to fill out the form I received and realised i was required to take a medical!
My question is will they be able to tell that I'm not alcohol dependent and that I haven't drunk in quite a while or will they just average the 200 odd bottles of whiskey over the 12 months and laugh in my face??
I may have been alcohol dependent at some point during my travels but surely the fact that I stopped drinking completely the day I got home says otherwise and should prove there isn't an ongoing issue? But will they be able to see this from the test??
Any advise is much appreciated!!
--- Rant---
This has really P'd me off, I can understand if they had taken this test when I lost my license and proved I'd been dependent while driving but I've been banned so weather or not I've had a drink during that period is nothing to do with them! Dvla told me to ask my doctor however its a struggle to understand my doctors english at the best of times and I dont think she fully understood what I was asking so just kept saying 'it depends' .. Would like abit more info than that before I fork out £180 only to be refused!!