From the text:
“I try to give ‘em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason.
When I come to town, which is seldom, if I weave a little and drink out of this
sack, folks can say Dolphus Raymond’s in the clutches of whiskey—that’s why
he won’t change his ways. He can’t help himself, that’s why he lives the way he
does.”
“That ain’t honest, Mr. Raymond, making yourself out badder’n you are already
—”
“It ain’t honest but it’s mighty helpful to folks. Secretly, Miss Finch, I’m not
much of a drinker, but you see they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that’s the way I want to live.”
To Kill a Mockingbird