It's possible but it's also a relatively new idea. In Tolstoy's time anybody who wasn't a teetotaler was pretty much drinking until they passed out, every day.

It's possible but it's also a relatively new idea. In Tolstoy's time anybody who wasn't a teetotaler was pretty much drinking until they passed out, every day. Military rations included a daily gallon of beer or quart of distilled liquor.