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No thanks is necessary (concerning my military service). I emailed the DPS folks with my question, so hopefully I'll hear something back from them. I'm not too concerned about it, however, I just thought it could an issue. Thanks for the info friend.

H. Ashley

I had a question I'd like to ask and get ya'lls opinions on. Anyways, DPS received my packet on 16 December. I have since received my "pin" number and have been able to see what my status was (or supposedly is). Anyways, I called today and asked if there were any issues with my packet. The operator told me everything has been received and looked fine, but "they" were looking at something I "self reported" on my app. What he was referring to was something I indicated on the "treatment" section of my app. Back in '05 I self referred myself to a program called ASAP. I was active duty Army (and serving with the 10th Mountain Division in Fort Drum, NY) at that time. "ASAP" is the Army Substance Abuse Program. A little background on that: I had just returned from Afghanistan (a couple of months prior to enrolling myself into ASAP), and had found out my ex wife had been carrying on an affair while I was gone. Anyways, I started hitting the bottle pretty hard and developed a somewhat vigorous relationship with Wild Turkey. To make a long story short, I realized it had become an issue (and a possible bad one considering I was a platoon sergeant at the time) and decided to get help for it. Anyways, I self enrolled into this Army program, got educated and stopped drinking altogether.
So, when it came time to send in my packet to DPS, I indicated that I had undergone treatment and I had successfully completed this voluntary program (I also indicated the treatment dates along with my counselors contact info). Well, I'm just wondering if any of you think this will be a problem? Like I said, this treatment wasn't directed by my chain of command and it was strictly voluntary (and I successfully completed the program). Does this sound like something that could disqualify me? Oh, and another thing. Since I was honorably discharged from the Army, I've gotten my captains license from the USCG (so I can be a fishing guide). I figure, if the issue I'm talking about was a problem, I wouldn't have gotten my captains license.
Perhaps I'm just getting antsy and just need to cool my jets. Any thoughts? Opinions would be appreciated.

~Harris