Alcohol is too strong. It’s hard on the body, the mind and it has lethal potential in the short and the long term. It makes my joints ache, my head hurt and impairs my motor skills.
Depends on what alcohol you are talking about. There have been places where the culture has had small amounts of wine with dinner and it was shown to be a benefit to health.
Biblically it is a well known purifier of food in the tummy.
It just takes common sense, eat with it, don’t drink a lot and use the alcohol modestly.
Recreational drugs on the other hand should just never get started.