From my recollections (I read through the whole series about a year ago), there was plenty of rum involved... If the amounts of alcohol that nearly everyone wa

From my recollections (I read through the whole series about a year ago), there was plenty of rum involved... If the amounts of alcohol that nearly everyone was drinking at all times is accurate, they would be considered complete, irredeemable alcoholics today. Of course, Maturin is up there with Sherlock in the list of high-functioning literary drug addicts.