"Of course. I've done it myself a few times." He had always tried to keep his own binge drinking restrained, but he's the child of an alcoholic - he's seen his future and that's one he's made a point to avoid. Siffleur isn't above drinking though, especially when his relationships were at the miserable and failing stage.

He is not usually in the business of prying, but he needs to know if Crichton is deluding himself, or simply lying and doing poorly at it. "But when I was drinking like that, I did not try to get myself killed."