When Using Drugs or Alcohol Can Keep You From Getting Disability Benefits
Social Security can deny you disability benefits when your impairments would go away if you stopped drinking or using drugs,
Can You Get Social Security Disability Benefits if You Have Drug Addiction or Alcoholism?
You can't get disability for substance use disorder alone, but Social Security can't penalize you by denying you disability benefits for abusing drugs or alcohol.
How Drug or Alcohol Abuse Will Affect a Mental Disability Claim
Can disability applicants with mental disorders who abuse medication, drugs, or alcohol still get disability benefits? It depends.
Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability
Nolo's disability book, written by a psychiatrist and former chief medical consultant for Social Security, explains how Social Security makes drug and alcohol determinations.