At that point most of the wild stuff is in his past, he goes to Risa with the intention of reading a book

Yeah, the plot of “Tapestry” is basically that he was wild as fuck as a young adult, but becoming tempered by time gradually led him to who he is; if he chilled out too quickly, he’d just end up as a Lt Paddbringer (which there is no shame in being, especially in the federation)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapestry_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)