Transcript of conference held at Aug 28, 2025 in room first_test@conference.miaiconvo.com Initial people present at 12:38:32 PM: Dev Patel Stephen Vinczi Paul Hershberger Transcript, started at 12:38:32 PM: ________________________________________________________________________________ <12:38:32 PM> Stephen Vinczi joined the conference <12:38:32 PM> Dev Patel joined the conference <12:38:32 PM> Paul Hershberger joined the conference <12:38:32 PM> Dev Patel: okay so Steven um I'm gonna ask you if you more questions now about substance use in general these are the questions I asked everyone <12:38:57 PM> Dev Patel: so how many cups of coffee do you drink in a day <12:38:58 PM> Stephen Vinczi: and one or two <12:39:01 PM> Dev Patel: okay and has that been usual for you <12:39:04 PM> Stephen Vinczi: it's not pretty typical probably have more coffee like for work throughout the week but <12:39:10 PM> Dev Patel: actually <12:39:10 PM> Dev Patel: okay <12:39:11 PM> Stephen Vinczi: been pretty much that for a while <12:39:11 PM> Dev Patel: okay and what about alcohol use <12:39:14 PM> Stephen Vinczi: but <12:39:17 PM> Dev Patel: gotcha tell me more about that <12:39:17 PM> Stephen Vinczi: I don't drink it all throughout the week but drink some on the weekends <12:39:21 PM> Stephen Vinczi: well like I said like I'm throughout the week but usually like the weekends are kind of like a blur the wife and I will drink sometimes and yeah sometimes I'll just <12:39:36 PM> Dev Patel: what do you mean when you say blur <12:39:36 PM> Stephen Vinczi: drink a lot now remember <12:39:40 PM> Stephen Vinczi: like I don't remember part of it like just I don't drink through the week I don't want to like relax over the weekend and <12:39:40 PM> Stephen Vinczi: kind <12:39:48 PM> Stephen Vinczi: drink to the point where like I don't remember <12:39:48 PM> Stephen Vinczi: kind of <12:39:51 PM> Dev Patel: okay <12:39:51 PM> Stephen Vinczi: that day <12:39:52 PM> Dev Patel: so if you were to put a number on how many drinks you have on a given weekend or would that be <12:39:59 PM> Stephen Vinczi: maybe like 15 <12:40:01 PM> Dev Patel: okay I see so 15 per day on the weekend <12:40:04 PM> Stephen Vinczi: mmm somewhere around there <12:40:09 PM> Dev Patel: okay and what are your thoughts about drinking over the weekend <12:40:11 PM> Stephen Vinczi: it take <12:40:13 PM> Stephen Vinczi: and I just helps me relax <12:40:15 PM> Dev Patel: yeah do you consider that to be the positive aspect of drinking <12:40:22 PM> Stephen Vinczi: yeah absolutely <12:40:22 PM> Dev Patel: are there any other positive aspects <12:40:24 PM> Stephen Vinczi: I mean makes your stress kind of go away from the week but just kind of <12:40:27 PM> Dev Patel: so <12:40:32 PM> Dev Patel: I see <12:40:32 PM> Stephen Vinczi: Panama let that kind of stuff please <12:40:35 PM> Stephen Vinczi: I mean I might not be good to like that remember the day <12:40:37 PM> Dev Patel: you see any negative aspects to your drinking <12:40:46 PM> Stephen Vinczi: you know like maybe the wife said I need to like cut down a little bit but she drinks too so you know like <12:40:50 PM> Dev Patel: I see I know you mentioned that your wife has asked you to cut down a few times have you personally felt like you want to cut down <12:40:52 PM> Stephen Vinczi: just use a turtle X <12:41:02 PM> Stephen Vinczi: I mean <12:41:05 PM> Stephen Vinczi: maybe <12:41:05 PM> Stephen Vinczi: I mean I'd be open to it like I don't have any access so but like <12:41:06 PM> Dev Patel: I see how do you feel when your wife tells you that you should cut down <12:41:12 PM> Stephen Vinczi: if I needed to for like Health stuff I could <12:41:18 PM> Stephen Vinczi: quickly <12:41:21 PM> Stephen Vinczi: feel like she's nagging me a little bit I don't know <12:41:24 PM> Dev Patel: oh yeah do you feel annoyed <12:41:25 PM> Stephen Vinczi: yes yeah <12:41:27 PM> Dev Patel: what do you do when that happens <12:41:28 PM> Stephen Vinczi: it's kind of brush it off <12:41:34 PM> Dev Patel: or maybe <12:41:34 PM> Dev Patel: system I see have you ever felt bad about drinking too much over the weekends <12:41:34 PM> Stephen Vinczi: like table the discussion until the next time <12:41:40 PM> Stephen Vinczi: property <12:41:45 PM> Dev Patel: even guilty <12:41:47 PM> Stephen Vinczi: I mean <12:41:49 PM> Stephen Vinczi: not really <12:41:49 PM> Dev Patel: okay and have you ever had a moment where <12:41:57 PM> Stephen Vinczi: here <12:41:57 PM> Dev Patel: call it I think we could we call it an eye-opener but it's basically when you wake up in the morning the first thought that strikes your mind is to have a drink have you had any of that <12:41:57 PM> Dev Patel: happening <12:42:08 PM> Stephen Vinczi: know <12:42:08 PM> Dev Patel: to you <12:42:10 PM> Dev Patel: okay <12:42:13 PM> Dev Patel: so I wanted to talk to you about <12:42:14 PM> Stephen Vinczi: for <12:42:17 PM> Dev Patel: alcohol use in general so from my understanding it sounds like you drink about 15 <12:42:24 PM> Dev Patel: drinks per night over the weekend and you you don't seem to remember what what goes on after that does that sound correct <12:42:25 PM> Stephen Vinczi: so those are yeah <12:42:33 PM> Dev Patel: so have you ever thought about <12:42:33 PM> Stephen Vinczi: he <12:42:37 PM> Dev Patel: cutting it down perhaps <12:42:38 PM> Stephen Vinczi: at that <12:42:40 PM> Dev Patel: here I see <12:42:40 PM> Stephen Vinczi: I mean <12:42:42 PM> Stephen Vinczi: I thought about it I don't have any plans to <12:42:46 PM> Stephen Vinczi: a bit cheaper <12:42:48 PM> Dev Patel: say that one more time <12:42:49 PM> Stephen Vinczi: it would be cheaper you know that stuff's expensive <12:42:54 PM> Dev Patel: yeah um <12:42:55 PM> Stephen Vinczi: here <12:42:56 PM> Dev Patel: it would certainly be cheaper right <12:42:59 PM> Dev Patel: here um <12:43:00 PM> Stephen Vinczi: subject <12:43:02 PM> Dev Patel: I don't <12:43:11 PM> Dev Patel: what to ask now <12:43:13 PM> Dev Patel: okay <12:43:13 PM> Dev Patel: so <12:43:17 PM> Paul Hershberger: we can stop here <12:43:24 PM> Paul Hershberger: me just a second <12:43:28 PM> Stephen Vinczi: good <12:43:30 PM> Stephen Vinczi: I'm sorry I feel like I was being difficult ________________________________________________________________________________ End of transcript at Aug 28, 2025, 12:43:33 PM