substance dependence

Hello, I'm new to the aviation world and I'm just discovering some of the basics...as you will notice. I'm 46 and decided that I want to obtain my PPL (no desire to ever be a commercial pilot) and have begun that process with a local CFI. I started filling out the medical questionnaire and came...

In 2004 I moved to Santa Barbara, California to attend school, my first big move away from the sheltered and innocent upbringing I had known. Within 18 months, I acquired my first DUI after driving under the influence, falling asleep at the wheel, and crashing my car off the freeway, rolling...