What's medically advisable is INCREDIBLY situational.

My psychopharmacologist is also an psychologist, so he's also a physician. And he DOES mention other health issues to me besides my brain stuff, because he's a doctor, and he feels that my brain is part of my body, so it's part of his job. And he correctly observes that my nutrition is crap.

Which means that he was commenting that he'd like to see me drink less beer.

Not because of the alcohol. The amount of alcohol I consume isn't a problem. It's the carbs.

For me, the dangerous part of a rum and Coke is the Coke. The alcohol in the rum, not a problem. The sugar in the Coke, problem. And, of course, I'm not willing to switch to diet sodas because I think they taste nasty.

So, basically, he's advising me that I need to start replacing my beer with whiskey, scotch, tequila, and the like. If I'm going to drink a soda, a brandy and club soda is better for me than a ginger ale.

Let me be clear. I am ONE human being, and what is true for ONE human being is not true for ALL human beings. But, in MY specific case, I have a doctor who, for good, sound medical reasons, based on genuine evidence-based medicine, would rather see me drink the hard stuff than soft drinks.