R_G_Bargie
New Member
Hi all,
I've been floating around this forum as a casual observer for a while. Now I've got my medical looming I thought I'd pop up my first post and say a bit about myself.
I have convicted of DD in March of 2011 and was handed a 2 year ban. The subsequent years have been a bit of a rollercoaster personally, professionally and financially and after getting my life back on track before New Year, I've decided now is time to try and get my licence back. It's fair to say that I was/am an alcoholic. I'm not sure that even total abstinence qualifies me to say I'm no longer an alcoholic, but it goes some way to easing the pressure on my family. At the peak of my drinking I was putting away a normal weeks worth of alcohol in a day or so, to the point where it was starting to affect my work and (if I continued) my health. My last alcoholic drink was Dec 21st so I'm 158 days dry (or 22 weeks and 4 days). I applied for my licence towards the beginning of April and received my letter dated the 18th of April. Those that are good at maths will realise my medical is 6 weeks and 1 day past that date, which took a phone call to the DVLA to explain that it was the first date the local doctor in Edinburgh had available.
So I'm now a few days away, I haven't touched a drop in over 5 months which included a recent weekend away on a Stag Do, and I'm still petrified. I've never told my doctor about my problems with drink but a blood test was done at the tail end of last year with (I believe) some fairly concerning results. Everything I've read says I have nothing to fear in the blood test, and an answer of "No" to all the other questions should see me sail through, but I'm a glass half empty kind of guy and the prospect of more public transport and the delayed end of a 5 year nightmare are playing havoc with my mind.
Fingers crossed.
R_G_Bargie
I've been floating around this forum as a casual observer for a while. Now I've got my medical looming I thought I'd pop up my first post and say a bit about myself.
I have convicted of DD in March of 2011 and was handed a 2 year ban. The subsequent years have been a bit of a rollercoaster personally, professionally and financially and after getting my life back on track before New Year, I've decided now is time to try and get my licence back. It's fair to say that I was/am an alcoholic. I'm not sure that even total abstinence qualifies me to say I'm no longer an alcoholic, but it goes some way to easing the pressure on my family. At the peak of my drinking I was putting away a normal weeks worth of alcohol in a day or so, to the point where it was starting to affect my work and (if I continued) my health. My last alcoholic drink was Dec 21st so I'm 158 days dry (or 22 weeks and 4 days). I applied for my licence towards the beginning of April and received my letter dated the 18th of April. Those that are good at maths will realise my medical is 6 weeks and 1 day past that date, which took a phone call to the DVLA to explain that it was the first date the local doctor in Edinburgh had available.
So I'm now a few days away, I haven't touched a drop in over 5 months which included a recent weekend away on a Stag Do, and I'm still petrified. I've never told my doctor about my problems with drink but a blood test was done at the tail end of last year with (I believe) some fairly concerning results. Everything I've read says I have nothing to fear in the blood test, and an answer of "No" to all the other questions should see me sail through, but I'm a glass half empty kind of guy and the prospect of more public transport and the delayed end of a 5 year nightmare are playing havoc with my mind.
Fingers crossed.
R_G_Bargie
