My lawyers would hate me. They'd want me to shut up, because I'm honest about things that lead people to think what I keep to myself must be really terrible. That's not true; I just don't keep any of it to myself, expecting that folks understand what total honesty means.
I'm in a legal situation where this has come up, btw. It's very aggravating that me being totally honest could screw me over, basically because people take things you say and run with them. It's better to have none of them out there, if you can help it
Case in point: Debbie admitted the drinking. Folks assume it must be a bigger problem than she admits, etc, because the drinking has colored their views. If she had never admitted the drinking, it couldn't be used as much to form the opinions. "Well, if she admits it then..."
I had a questioner convinced I must have a drinking problem. Because I admitted to partying often my first year of college, and enjoying that. Dude. I'm 40. People grow up.
In any case, I think you just have to talk and talk if you have my problem. You have to explain more than other folks. How else will they believe that when you mean totally honest, you mean it?! I may have to explain things more, and things may sound bad the way I put them, but I hope folks can tell when people are being very honest, not just holding back the bad parts.