Imagine if Ruth only cut down on the smoking, the drinking, and the sex....especially between the innings.
You gonna tell me that if you'd been in his shoes (and pants) that you'd have refrained from living the high life?
That reminds me of the scene in the Lee Marvin/Clint Eastwood film, "Paint You Wagon." Marvin brings a teenaged Mormon boy home after his first experience at a brothel. When the boy produces a bottle of whiskey from his coat pocket, his father starts in on him for the drinking. The boy (fresh from a cathouse) replies, "... until you've had a good cigar and whisky, you're missing the second and third the best things in life." The first best thing being, ... well, ... you know.