I think this is why I always thought him of being an alien. He successfully survives on peanuts for long.
Well Plains Georgia is about as close to outer space as a person can get

Peanuts do not bring on liver cancer... In most cases it's a lot of hard drinking that does...

Carter always positioned himself as sort of a tea toddler however his family had some notorious boozers namely his momma Mrs. Lillian and brother Billy... I am not a betting man however if I had to lay some money down I would bet on Carter being a big time closet drinker.