>>> For the record -- I don't drink, and I don't do drugs.
>>
>> Actually you do drink, otherwise you'd be dead, you may
>> however not imbibe alcohol, but then .... =A0if you 'don't do
>> drugs' do you mean proscribed drugs or all drugs? If you
>> do partake in prescribed drugs, then some of those will,
>> may, have alcohol as a base.
>
> If Vitaliy's statement is taken literally, you're right. =A0However,
> around here at least, it was very clear that he meant he
> doesn't drink alchoholic beverages, and doesn't take drugs
> beyond the occasional over the counter for common
> ailments (like asperin for headache) or those described by
> a doctor as legitimate treatments for genuine ailments.

"around here at least" would make the meaning of "I don't drink" to be
"I don't drink too much" taking into account his Russian roots, "I
don't smoke" - because he is not stupid, and "I don't do drugs" - to
mean he would not take even "asperin".

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