What possible health benefits are there with drinking alcohol in moderation? What possible health benefits are there with drinking alcohol in moderation?
The other day, I was reading the St. Paul’s Letter to Timothy where Paul had recommended that Timothy take a little wine for the sake of his stomach.

Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities. - 1 Timothy 5:23

This got me thinking that there could be some possible health benefits of consuming alcohol in moderation, whether it be wine, beer or some other stronger drink?
This might sound strange on alcohol.SE, but &quot;to thine own self be true&quot;.
Studies that show that not drinking is less healthy do it because the &quot;teetotalers&quot; are, often enough, former alcoholics.
Skeptics SE has several threads about the &quot;benefits&quot; of moderate drinking:

Is alcohol beneficial in small amounts?
Is a glass of red wine a day beneficial for the heart?

This article by The Guardian examines the flaws of those studies that show moderate drinking to be beneficial:

Never drinkers are also different in a lot of ways, mostly bad, which
makes sense if you think about the why people might choose to abstain
from drinking – for example, illness, poverty, and previous
alcoholism.

The article also reviews a couple of recent studies that show that moderate alcohol consumption is not beneficial.