Jimbab, I tend to agree with Price. You should address your relationship with alcohol first. I doubt there’s any point in lying anyway on form because if you’ve been given Librium in the last year then that suggests a real problem with drinking (I’ve had that too). It’s not nice to hear that and feel free to tell me to mind my own business but I’m only trying to help. I was in a very similar position to you until the end of 2018.
I applied with DVLA March 2018 (lost licence 2016) after a stint in rehab but had actually started drinking again. I thought getting my licence back but be enough to curb my relapse. It wouldn’t have been!! Anyway, my licence was refused on a combination of an Amber cdt and also my GP notes. This news made me drink more!!!
I came to a point in December 2018 where I had to stop drinking! For my own life, not for my licence. Id decided I didn’t want a licence until I had actually stopped anyway because I didn’t want to cause any real injury/death/prison etc. I didn’t TRUST myself with a licence and I didn’t deserve one So I just accepted that.
I know if someone had written this to me 2 years ago it would have fallen on deaf/denial ears and I’d have thought they were completely overreacting. You may think that too and that’s fine. I’m not lecturing, just trying to help you see a clearer view.
Address the problem first. The DVLA aren’t muppets and they can see through a person who is trying to pull the wool. They saw through me. Get some help if you can’t do it alone, AA or another agency local to you. Your GP will point you in the right direction.
I got there and my life without drink is a million times better because it was causing me more issues than positives. I also got my licence back last month. That 12 months of abstinence went really fast because I was concentrating on ME and my recovery rather than my licence.
Good luck, you’re definitely worth it
A very content sober 40 year old woman