Thank you Mari
You told me to keep my head down before I went to the driving class and I should have taken your advice then.

At the class the instructor had us write down and turn in what happened before, during, after our arrests. I wrote that I was full-blown manic at the time, but didn't mention the s/s attempt. They also have a list of my meds and what they are for because the docs had to sign off on them twice. I'm on 5 different psych meds. 4 are for bipolar disorder.

So bipolar disorder will come into play. At least I don't have to manufacture a reason for why I quit drinking, but I'm going to have to be very careful about how much I share.

I see my pdoc on the 28th. I'm going to ask her to write a letter stating how proactive I am in my care and how closely I work with her monitoring and managing my bipolar disorder- and bring it to the evaluation.

I figure anything I can offer to show that I've been taking care of my problem on my own will help reduce the amount of counseling they recommend.