On May 31, 2018, an OHA Administrative Judge (AJ) issued a decision in which he determined that an individual's DOE access authorization should be restored. A DOE-consultant psychologist (DOE psychologist) had diagnosed the individual with a severe alcohol use disorder under the DSM-5. In addition, the individual (1) was charged with a DUI in May 2017; (2) was hospitalized in March 2017 with a Blood Alcohol Concentration of 0.234; and (3) tested positive on alcohol tests at work in March 2014 and in May 2015. After the individual's Local Security Office (LSO) raised security concerns about these issues in a Notification Letter, the individual requested a hearing. At the hearing and through evidence submitted into the record, the individual established that he had completed an alcohol treatment program, initiated counseling with his own psychologist, and regularly attended AA meetings and aftercare meetings. He also demonstrated that he has been abstinent for over 11 months. Although the individual may have understated the degree to which alcohol was a factor in his hospitalization in March 2017, the individual recognized that alcohol had become a problem in his life and demonstrated a commitment to his recovery. At the hearing, the DOE psychologist and the individual's psychologist both testified that the individual's chances of relapse are low and that he has been reformed and rehabilitated. Consequently, the AJ found that the evidence in the record mitigated the security concerns that the LSO had raised about the individual's alcohol consumption, and that the individual's access authorization should be restored. OHA Case No. PSH-18-0022 (Gregory S. Krauss).