It is also a strange thing to say that drinking beer and wine is not as dangerous as drinking vodka or cognac just because the percentage of ethyl alcohol is different. Serious researches and examples from everyday life show us that all these drinks in large amounts can turn an intellectual human into a weak-willed plant.

At the same time alcohol consumed in reasonable dozes and used in folk medicine and cooking can be absolutely safe and very useful.

1) Drinking alcohol is always connected with increasing appetite. The more you drink, the more you want to eat. That's why a small dose (like 50 ml) of any apperetive wouldn't harm but will give a little raise in appetite. The burn of stomach muocous coat can be caused by a glass of ethyl spirit I think. People invented digestive drinks long ago, and there were times when drinking at meals was a sign of good upbringing. No one asks you to abuse.
2) The warm effect of alcohol continues as long as it is in your blood. A huge quantity of alcohol can warm quite well, and the effect will last long, but certainly people usually catch cold while neglecting cold weather being drunk. Actually they invented warm clothes long ago in order to warm up themselves.
3) They say so because you can hardly drink 10 bottles of beer or 3 bottles of wine, but it is quite possible for some to drink a bottle of vodka, though the harm from these doses is the same as the aclohol content in them is equal. You should never abuse - know when enough is enough. I should say that quality beer is less harmful than dimedrol beer, and dye wine is more harmful than premium brand French wine. The thing is not in the kind of drink but in its overall quality.
4) Taking alcohol at meals means the same as if you used it for digestion.