Hi again, so if you are classed as alcohol dependant then, once DVLA are notified through your GP by the way of medical report DD2 then a refusal will follow stating: as a result of your alcohol dependence we will only accept an application from you when you can provide 12 months of medical evidence, all this means then will be regular LFT checks, a last alcoholic drink dated with your GP( this is when your new medical licence will start from) another completed DD2 showing your drinking is under control( in your case no alcohol ever again) and possibly a no of DVLA medicals, I attended 4, so fundamentally then you cannot drive until all the medical evidence is gathered along with your GPs support over the course of a year and submitted to them for investIgation. DVLA have dependency levels that they catergorize alcohol dependence in, so for example severe to mild dependance and depending on your circumstances the longest DVLA can keep you on a medical restricted licence is six years, as they feel if there has been no relapse during this six year period then the offender is not likely too, however according to your dependency level a 3 year licence could be issued, once a period review licence (temp licence) has been issued then it's up to the licence holder to protect that licence by submitting 2 LFT over the course of the year again coupled with your GPs support to secure your next licence,along with another DVLA CDT medical, and the process starts again, for me personally my licence was revoked for telling a GP I drank 30 units of alcohol per week, on investigation DVLA found alcohol dependence relating back to 2006 which I knew nothing about, ( no treatment) I spent the next 14 months fighting DVLA to do what I had to do to get my licence back, submitted 12 months of medical evidence ( without this they won't touch you) attended 4 DVLA medicals with three CDT readings of 0.9/0.8/0.7 the first medical was obsolete and a load of trips to my GP to support my licence application, was also investigated for anxiety and medication I am currently taking, for this they usually send out an medical report M1 for your GP to complete, just for you to be aware when the DVLA write out to your GPs they usually send form DD2/M2 and either of these forms usually carry a refusal if you have NOT been to see your GP .......these forms then carry all alcohol questions relating to the licence holder, for your own interesting read you can google DVLA alcohol&drug minutes where you can pick up lots of information and changes to the DVLA system that are trying to be put forward, and of course any changes then DVLA do not notify any driver, during my time on this forum I have helped quite a few people needless to say and enjoy helping where i can because the simply fact is DVLA will not help you or give you this information and keep,you guessing along the way, I have seen many temp licence holder been revoked further down the line for admitting to a small drink and thus say they have to prove 12 months sobriety all over again sooo heartbreaking, so do follow the advice on the forum and answer honestly on your questionarre and I know this is hard but do take it from someone who's been there and by lying they just keep refusing until you tell the truth, that's why I was 14 months I tried every trick in the book to no avail until I went to see my GP and went through the truth of my medical history , and on a lighter note for those who have no alcohol medical history then you need not worry.... simply because there's nothing there to report.....
Many thanks for your reply again Honestman, so basically i'm going to be off the road again for 12 months from a date were i get 4 LFTs (the docs are basically shut now due to the covid-19 hoax imo)... I told all the doctors that i'm not dependent on alcohol, i was adamant that i was a binge drinker, they thought diffrently of course, professionals a? The ironic thing is everytime i went, everytime i got no help, it took coming to Scotland and asking there (i lived in England all my life) now live in Scotland.
I wish i never talked to the doctors, they have never been much use for me anyway on anything....
So basically all HROs are not even taken at CDT value at all and no matter what they put on their questionaire, they (the DVLA) always write to the GP of said HRO....
So basically i'm waiting for the docs to open and ask for a LFT... Then do i state I have packed in drinking from that date then?
Also is this 3 year temp license a rolling one, if i get you right, so i have to keep getting them and do 2 LFT a year for the rest of my unnatural life to keep said license? Or is that after the 3 year license and i have to do that for the rest of my life? e.g. "once a period review licence (temp licence) has been issued then it's up to the licence holder to protect that licence by submitting 2 LFT over the course of the year again coupled with your GPs support to secure your next licence,along with another DVLA CDT medical, and the process starts again"
so this is a period review licence (temp licence), for like ever, so the 3 year if at that level is so they keep looking at you more intently (under the microscope) .. then if pleased with you, give you that period review 2 LFT a year licence... So if you wanted you could still drink and still keep your licence in effect, so how is that not unsafe if they believed you were a risk?
So at best all HROs are put on 3 year watch, then onto period reivew licence?
"my licence was revoked for telling a GP I drank 30 units of alcohol per week, on investigation DVLA found alcohol dependence relating back to 2006 which I knew nothing about, ( no treatment)"
so sad they can do this, notice the docs never inform you of what they put or the implications for the future, they're state snoops if anything these days, not for just alcohol reasons btw
Once again thanks for your help, i take you you are now drining right?
Cheers
Paul
P.S. with google what you said, many thanks