# Your smart-ass response when the doctor’s assistant asks how much you drink

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 25, 2022, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-smart-ass-response-when-the-doctor-s-assistant-asks-how-much-you-drink/970258 "2022-08-25T00:06:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2022, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-smart-ass-response-when-the-doctor-s-assistant-asks-how-much-you-drink/970258/41 "2022-08-28T23:36:36Z")

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I found out that my primary care doctor can be a bit literal about things.

First visit (telemedicine, actually) after the Covid shutdown, I blithely informed her I’d been drinking much more than usual.

When she got to looking worried, I hastily assured her that “much more than usual”, in my case, meant I had a single drink, two weekends in a row.

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-smart-ass-response-when-the-doctor-s-assistant-asks-how-much-you-drink/970258/42 "2022-08-29T00:16:34Z")

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I often have to point out that the form doesn’t have a way to indicate a 0-1/month average.

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-smart-ass-response-when-the-doctor-s-assistant-asks-how-much-you-drink/970258/43 "2022-08-29T13:34:51Z")

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Yeah, I just answer honestly. They’ve heard it all, and your jokes aren’t funny. Just do your business and get on with it.

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