Pure? Innocent?? Hardly. But he does happen to be from a pseudo medieval fantasy world where alcoholism is viewed more as a general personality quirk than an illness. It's certainly nothing he's ever been called upon to cure, personally.

"Right." He's pretty sure the only unhealthy thing about drinking until you blackout is waking up somewhere like the castle parapets or deep in the wolf and sylvan-infested wood, and it shows. "If drinking were that bad for you, the Wardens wouldn't have any pastimes at all. I suppose if I were chugging that brew with lyrium in it, or making a career out of smelling like a brewery, one might consider it a problem, though."