Swill94
New Member
Hello, just wondering if anyone can tell me of a likely outcome.
Long story short, I was banned from driving for 3 years in 2016 and classed as a HRO. A short space of time between that meaning a couple of weeks, I was asked by my a social worker to do an audit. Which I did and they told me that I was misusing alchol and that I should visit my gp and she would be informing the dvla. I hold my hands up, I was drinking more than what the goverment guidelines were at that time. And to be honest last thing I wanted to do was annoy the social worker in any way.
So I went to see the doctors and explained the situation. And of course he wrote on my notes that I had missused alcohol. And that was pretty much the end of it other than general other health questions.
Now, I know the dvla have a copy of the audit I signed and also it's on my notes. And obviously I have to declare on the dr1 form about my history of missuse. Which is what i am going to do because they will find out from investigations anyway.
My question is that this was 4 years ago now and I have not seen a doctor since. The only thing I have done is filled out a basic questionaire to register to the new practice when I moved house a 2 years ago. On the questionaire i put that my alchol intake was within the goverment guidelines which was true back then and that's the last and most recent documented. I have not had a drink for almost a year so the cdt is not a worry for me or any other questions they may ask. I stopped drinking for financial reasons and out of choice haven't touch one since.
It's the six months of controlled drinking or absistance I need to show which I have just found out about that I'm struggling with. Will the doctor believe anything I'm saying or that I'm just saying it to get my licence back. Or do I not speak to the doctor and just let it play it's own course because I will have not told any lies to be found out about anyway.
Could anyone give me any guidance please? Thanks for your time.
Long story short, I was banned from driving for 3 years in 2016 and classed as a HRO. A short space of time between that meaning a couple of weeks, I was asked by my a social worker to do an audit. Which I did and they told me that I was misusing alchol and that I should visit my gp and she would be informing the dvla. I hold my hands up, I was drinking more than what the goverment guidelines were at that time. And to be honest last thing I wanted to do was annoy the social worker in any way.
So I went to see the doctors and explained the situation. And of course he wrote on my notes that I had missused alcohol. And that was pretty much the end of it other than general other health questions.
Now, I know the dvla have a copy of the audit I signed and also it's on my notes. And obviously I have to declare on the dr1 form about my history of missuse. Which is what i am going to do because they will find out from investigations anyway.
My question is that this was 4 years ago now and I have not seen a doctor since. The only thing I have done is filled out a basic questionaire to register to the new practice when I moved house a 2 years ago. On the questionaire i put that my alchol intake was within the goverment guidelines which was true back then and that's the last and most recent documented. I have not had a drink for almost a year so the cdt is not a worry for me or any other questions they may ask. I stopped drinking for financial reasons and out of choice haven't touch one since.
It's the six months of controlled drinking or absistance I need to show which I have just found out about that I'm struggling with. Will the doctor believe anything I'm saying or that I'm just saying it to get my licence back. Or do I not speak to the doctor and just let it play it's own course because I will have not told any lies to be found out about anyway.
Could anyone give me any guidance please? Thanks for your time.