I have to say I appreciate your honesty. SEAD 4 is used to mitigate clearance issues and you’re hitting some categories pretty hard. You can look at it here SEAD-4-Adjudicative-Guidelines-U.pdf (odni.gov) I see several issues where I would think at least 3 years need to pass showing you have completed mitigating factors. The way the Consolidated Adjudicating Service (CAS) looks at clearances is by looking at the whole person concept. They could care less about your story they want to know if you took responsibility for the issue, what you did to mitigate it, and steps you took in changing your life for the better since you mitigated it. Everyone has skeletons in their past. Some more than others, however, i believe you can get past this by allowing some time to show you have changed and completing some programs as well as showing diagnoses on the drug use either being an issue or not. Some of this can be written off as a young college kid with no direction. It boils down to trustworthy, reliability, loyalty, honesty, and having good judgement. However, owning up to the issues presented and showing the mitigating factors using the whole person concept will be very important. Also, I’m concerned you hit the Insider Threat program which can also be something looked at with in the clearance program. You will have to also consider the 13 DITMAC thresholds and mitigate these issues. One way to get past your drug and alcohol use is to have enrolled in a treatment program; have completed a rehabilitation program; have evidence that the conduct will not be repeated. There is a sexual behavior issue, even though things are legal doesn’t make them legal in the clearance world. Have documentation to show these steps as well as something to think about is having a clearance is a privilege and not a right. I do wish you the best of luck.
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