Epic Drink Recommendations For Starting Alcoholics

Tahodama

Been hearing constant musings about the benefits of alcohol around the Peat health sphere. Lipofuscin decrease, hormonal effects, etc. There's also the superstitious and mystical reasons people constantly invoke, so I was wondering what drinks might serve this purpose best.
I've lived a faithful life of a teetotaler up until now (or, more accurately, my childhood was so bereft of socialization that there came no occasions to drink in the first place (also it was a full of Christian puritans)), so peering into the alcohol world feels like joining a community for a 15 year old multiplayer game and seeing the players mention countless subjects and terms whose meanings seem unintelligible.
I was wondering if there were any straight answers on the matter and if one should even bother with it in the first place... I'm doing this only for health reasons after all, I still have no reason to drink in terms of socialization.

drain gang

@Tahodama Gin tonic. So yummy

Peatful

Should one bother in the first place?

Taste.
Experiment.

And
Be prudent.
An already melancholy personality or isolation; does not mix well with alcohol ime.

If you were on the old RPF…
You can remember - it’s documented there- a mate’s battle of grief and sadness intensified with alcohol.
A shattered life.

revenant

White Russian would be pretty Peaty.

Tahodama

Update:

I bought Bombay Sapphire gin. Probably a bit pricey; at the current consumption rate (240g/week) it lasts approximately 2 months, or $1/day.

Format:
Mixed with Idealabs quinine (any quinine could work, I just went with Idealabs for reliability's sake), blended frozen berries, and sugar/honey.

Effects:

Sleepiness, especially pronounced on days of sleep loss and labor exhaustion
Brief gut motility the following day
Noticeable anti-serotonergic influence, reduced bitter mood
Not much else

Economic alternatives:

Wine (a general recommendation I was given if I wanted to mitigate starch consumption and guarantee sugar intake)
Whiskey if in America for solid ABV/$ ratio.

There is one extra effect, that being pain numbing. I found recently that on days of greater toil (blistered feet, sore muscles, tired lungs, etc) that it made me feel less "destroyed" at the end of the day. Body felt more relaxed, wouldn't enter that "shutdown" state after intense duress.

I don't think it's made my skin any paler. Maybe I didn't have that much lipofuscin to begin with...

Cristiano

Tequila and tonic w some pineapple juice slaps

drain gang

@Cristiano Fax Ronaldo, that's why u won five Ballon d'Or awards.

onliest

@Tahodama shot or two of bourbon in an iced latte with lots of maple syrup. RBV. Irish Coffee. Tequila salt lemonade.