Guideline G: Alcohol Consumption
Alcohol-related incidents or a diagnosed alcohol problem that casts doubt on judgment or reliability.
2,106
decided hearing cases
29%
granted
The specific issues, and how they fared
DUI / DWI (alcohol)
29% granted · 1,567Binge / intoxication pattern
23% granted · 1,058Alcohol incident (unspecified)
32% granted · 967Alcohol use disorder diagnosed
27% granted · 732Continued use after treatment
19% granted · 606Treatment non compliance
21% granted · 519Mitigations judges credited most
Documented abstinence period
36
Rehabilitation evidence
23
Substance treatment completed
10
Acknowledgment & remorse
8
Aa / na attendance
3
Counted only where the judge expressly credited the mitigation, not merely where it was claimed.
What the reference material says about alcohol cases
- Practitioner sources describe the recognized path as a demonstrated pattern change corroborated by others, with completed treatment plus roughly a year or more of sustained abstinence where a problem was diagnosed. (Practitioner sources)
From our verified reference library: paraphrased from the named sources and reviewed before publication. Descriptive background, not legal advice about any case.
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Descriptive statistics from decided public DOHA cases. Not legal advice or a prediction. † marks samples under 20 cases.