Alcohol is fine, but I'll throw in coffee, tea, sugar, TP, and powdered milk.
These items are of debatable necessity, but they serve as excellent bartering goods, and a tin of coffee can get you a lot when everything goes to shit.
Also, stockpile on medicine - even just OTC cold and flu meds, bandages, medical alcohol, etc. etc. etc.
Another thing I saw in passing from a prepper type: Buy alcohol, and dont discriminate on potency.
Their argument was that as something that is useful as both a recreational item AND a medical item, it will be EXTREMELY valuable.
Alcohol is fine, but I'll throw in coffee, tea, sugar, TP, and powdered milk.
These items are of debatable necessity, but they serve as excellent bartering goods, and a tin of coffee can get you a lot when everything goes to shit.
Also, stockpile on medicine - even just OTC cold and flu meds, bandages, medical alcohol, etc. etc. etc.
Brass and lead spend even when silver and gold don't.