Ineffective ways of proving you're not an alcoholic.

[rivka]

rivka: Do you drink alcohol?
Interviewee: Yes.
rivka: Do you drink every day?
Interviewee: No, no, I've missed days.
rivka: *inquiring look*
Interviewee: Well, like when I don't have the money.

Comments

[wiredferret.livejournal.com]

Heh. I'd be amused, too. Quietly.

[therealjae.livejournal.com]

Aww. I bet the poor sod tries *so hard* to drink every day, too.

-J

[saoba.livejournal.com]

*snrch*

I think you are allowed to *be* amused, but you aren't allowed to laugh where he can see it.

Barbara, helpfully

[redbird]

Do you give points for honesty?

[rickvs.livejournal.com]

On the scale of "probable alcoholics", would the following exchange rate higher or lower than your example?

Q: Do you drink every day?
A: I don't remember...

[dandelion-diva.livejournal.com]

Interviewee: No, no, I've missed days

*gigglesnort* (With thanks to the deities that I decided to have a drink of water *after* reading, not before.:)

I wonder if zie feels bad for missing days...;)

Gesi

[geminigirl]

Having done client interviews like that...it's no wonder I can't stop laughing.

Sorry.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Do you give points for honesty?

Yes. Without it, we'd have no research program. Only very rarely do I even indicate to research subjects that it's a bad idea to be doing what they tell me they're doing - because I'm afraid they'll be less honest next time. There are exceptions. ("It's good that you're not sharing needles - that's great - but you also need to be using your own cooker and cotton and rinse water, because HIV can live in there too." "Oh, really? I didn't know that." "Sure, lots of people don't.")

[geminigirl]

Do you talk about hepatitis at all? I've been reading conflicting things as to whether the cleaning protocols that we've been taught for HIV are effective for Hepatits B and C, and I'm curious.