Transcript of conference held at Jun 9, 2025 in room first_test@conference.miaiconvo.com Initial people present at 1:34:11 PM: Angie Castle Neil Sarkar - Patient Austin Garza - doctor Transcript, started at 1:34:11 PM: ________________________________________________________________________________ <1:34:11 PM> Austin Garza - doctor joined the conference <1:34:11 PM> Angie Castle joined the conference <1:34:11 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient joined the conference <1:34:11 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: all right Neil so there's there's another something else I wanted to talk about before you know it we finish up here and it was kind of the drinking that you mentioned on the like the screening that you filled out <1:34:18 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: mm-hmm <1:34:35 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: your <1:34:35 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: so how do you feel about your <1:34:35 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: um <1:34:39 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: ranking <1:34:42 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: method you know I don't drink too much especially during the week I just got I don't know like <1:34:46 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: okay so it so it sounds like it's mostly kind of a weekend thing and you're not too concerned with it <1:34:49 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: here there maybe a little bit more in the weekends but yeah for the most part noises with the <1:34:55 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: yeah yeah I mean no like a little more maybe like you know half a pack full pack type of thing but no no nothing nothing I'm worried about right now <1:35:05 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: um you know <1:35:07 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: because it's just a weekend thing <1:35:18 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: okay <1:35:20 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: oh <1:35:22 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: so what do you think kind of <1:35:27 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: is the the reasoning behind <1:35:30 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: the drinking on the weekends <1:35:33 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: it's <1:35:33 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: all right so it sounds like it's <1:35:34 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: here I just a nice way to the decompress to hang out with some some buds and drink some drinks and beers <1:35:44 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: yeah you know kind of yeah I like my job and everything with just <1:35:44 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: you know <1:35:49 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: a stressful and you know during the weekends nice time to unwind and you know beer helps me do that <1:35:55 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: oh yeah yeah definitely <1:35:58 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: almost like a stress reliever for you <1:36:03 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: okay <1:36:04 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: oh you know just you know other stuff and sometimes with my wife and their kids <1:36:07 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: what types of things if any of you tried <1:36:11 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: he has stress relief aside from drinking <1:36:15 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: okay and have you have you seen <1:36:26 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: you know go out you know restaurants just you know mostly to spend time with with people <1:36:34 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: things that I like about sports that type of thing <1:36:43 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: does it seem like the stress is is <1:36:48 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: more mitigated with the drinking versus the <1:36:52 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: um these other kinds of activities first thresh relief <1:36:59 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: yeah <1:37:03 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: just a little bit you know kind of <1:37:04 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: okay so it sounds like you overall don't see it as much of an issue and it's it's kind of done what you intended it to do you know with the stress relief <1:37:05 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: you know once I start getting a few down <1:37:10 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: start you know to get more and more it feels like you know really big big weight off my shoulder type of thing but <1:37:17 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: now you know I like all of it and you know maybe I should spend you know a little more time <1:37:17 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: with <1:37:22 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: other things like hanging out with other people without necessarily drinking but I think I'm I think I'm fine with it right now <1:37:30 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: yeah yeah I mean I I don't personally see it as an issue <1:37:44 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: okay <1:37:45 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: but you know <1:37:48 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: tell me tell me about how those around you feel <1:37:48 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: here <1:37:52 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: okay so it sounds like you're you're wife is not <1:37:52 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: you know <1:37:55 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: less less okay with it I know you know <1:38:00 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: I haven't you know done anything to you know to hurt anyone you know in my opinion like I haven't <1:38:07 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: haven't gone violent or aggressive or been too rowdy or anything but I know I know my wife obviously she's <1:38:16 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: he doesn't you know like like how much of a <1:38:21 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: that <1:38:21 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: how much of a crutch has been for me and I'm just certain things that I do after I drink like you know I know like my wits are about me but sometimes I'll take a drive and she isn't like that I you know had a few drinks before that so that kind of <1:38:35 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: no worries her and then just <1:38:37 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: just <1:38:37 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: of things just <1:38:40 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: worried about if I'm dependent on it which I am not <1:38:49 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: big of a fan of of the drinking <1:38:51 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: mm-hmm <1:38:52 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: that fair to say <1:38:53 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: yeah yeah definitely <1:38:54 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: okay <1:38:56 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: I mean you know there's definitely <1:38:57 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: and I know so I know you mentioned that you've kind of gotten in the car a couple times after having some drinks <1:39:06 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: so what potential <1:39:10 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: issues do you see coming from that <1:39:18 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: greater risk of you know <1:39:20 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: me not hurting myself but you know other people but <1:39:25 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: I feel like whenever I go I for the most part pretty good and no nothing's happened yet so <1:39:25 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: okay okay <1:39:31 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: you know that's a lifetime myself at least but you know I'm kind of worried about <1:39:37 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: whether I'm doing the right thing there <1:39:40 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: yeah <1:39:42 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: so it sounds like you kind of know <1:39:46 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: that there may be <1:39:48 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: you know negative things could come from the drinking or the the driving after having a few drinks <1:39:57 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: um so how <1:39:58 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: yeah <1:39:58 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: and <1:40:00 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: how would you see like your relationship with your family going forward if <1:40:07 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: something were to happen <1:40:13 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: it's tough <1:40:16 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: you know I know I never able to forgive myself about that and you know be honest I don't know <1:40:16 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: my <1:40:23 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: drones would either you know they have <1:40:26 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: since things haven't been an issue yet you know I'm I'm okay but you know I'm on thin ice and <1:40:29 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: you <1:40:34 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: yeah I feel horrible if I <1:40:37 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: you know aside from hurting myself or someone else in the car accident but just how how I would make my I loved ones feel like my friends and family so that is something I I do often kind of worried about <1:40:47 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: okay so you do it seems like you do realize like there's you know some <1:40:50 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: you know I think I'm <1:40:51 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: I think I'm okay with the <1:40:51 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: keeping myself <1:40:54 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: chat but you know there's always a chance <1:40:58 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: yeah <1:41:04 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: some you know big issues that could come and all different areas of your life <1:41:09 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: um from you know the drinking and then driving potential <1:41:11 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: yeah <1:41:15 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: oh <1:41:15 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: tell me tell me how you feel about <1:41:19 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: potentially <1:41:21 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: trying to mitigate <1:41:24 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: that from happening <1:41:27 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: I was like 1 to 10 <1:41:29 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: okay <1:41:31 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: all right now I mean <1:41:35 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: you know I think I have a good control over myself so I you know realistically I say about a three <1:41:42 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: yeah yeah I mean I know the the consequences are you know pretty <1:41:43 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: you know <1:41:43 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: so still still sounding like <1:41:47 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: not you really don't see the drinking as much of an issue and there's not doesn't sound like you <1:41:55 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: is that <1:41:55 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: I feel like there's any reason to change it basically <1:41:59 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: right <1:42:01 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: okay <1:42:05 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: pretty high but I think I think I know myself and you know sure I like to <1:42:05 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: drink <1:42:11 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: extra and I you know I like how alcohol makes me feel type of thing but <1:42:16 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: don't know if I'm <1:42:18 PM> Neil Sarkar - Patient: I don't think of that's a big issue for me <1:42:23 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: um and then how would you kind of see okay <1:42:24 PM> Angie Castle: all right <1:42:24 PM> Angie Castle: of them and stop you <1:42:28 PM> Austin Garza - doctor: yeah okay ________________________________________________________________________________ End of transcript at Jun 9, 2025, 1:42:29 PM