---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 147.9"
title: "32"
number: "147.9"
heading: "Guideline G—Alcohol consumption."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/147.9"
---

# §147.9. Guideline G—Alcohol consumption.

- (a) **The concern.** Excessive alcohol consumption often leads to the exercise of questionable judgment, unreliability, failure to control impulses, and increases the risk of unauthorized disclosure of classified information due to carelessness.
- (b) **Conditions that could raise a security concern and may be disqualifying include—**
  - (1) Alcohol-related incidents away from work, such as driving while under the influence, fighting, child or spouse abuse, or other criminal incidents related to alcohol use;
  - (2) Alcohol-related incidents at work, such as reporting for work or duty in an intoxicated or impaired condition, or drinking on the job;
  - (3) Diagnosis by a credentialed medical professional (e.g., physician, clinical psychologist, or psychiatrist) of alcohol abuse or alcohol dependence;
  - (4) Evaluation of alcohol abuse or alcohol dependence by a licensed clinical social worker who is a staff member of a recognized alcohol treatment program;
  - (5) Habitual or binge consumption of alcohol to the point of impaired judgment;
  - (6) Consumption of alcohol, subsequent to a diagnosis of alcoholism by a credentialed medical professional and following completion of an alcohol rehabilitation program.
- (c) **Conditions that could mitigate security concerns include—**
  - (1) The alcohol related incidents do not indicate a pattern;
  - (2) The problem occurred a number of years ago and there is no indication of a recent problem;
  - (3) Positive changes in behavior supportive of sobriety;
  - (4) Following diagnosis of alcohol abuse or alcohol dependence, the individual has successfully completed impatient or outpatient rehabilitation along with aftercare requirements, participates frequently in meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous or a similar organization, has abstained from alcohol for a period of at least 12 months, and received a favorable prognosis by a credentialed medical professional or a licensed clinical social worker who is a staff member of a recognized alcohol treatment program.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: E.O. 12968 (60 FR 40245, 3 CFR 1995 Comp., p 391).

### Source

Source: 63 FR 4573, Jan. 30, 1998, unless otherwise noted.