Churchill?  Is that all you got?  I am well aware of the dangers of perfection.  And, where might your final quote have come from?  I tend to prefer proverbs, wisdom, and parables that come from the bible.  And, that sounds far from.  

You don't have a point.  You have been shut down at every turn.  So much so that you are turning to insults.

But it is all alcohol, does it matter the source?  A person can get just as drunk on wine as a martini or beer.  I'm sorry I just don't see a distinction.

There is a distinction in sources.  But, the distinction you must know is in their ends.  Distilled alcohol has a 20% minimum alcohol per volume with the norm being much higher.  Whereas beer and wine have a maximum of 20% alcohol per volume, with the norm often being much less.  they simply cannot ferment to a higher alcohol content.  In sum, distilled alcohol is a much more potent liquid.  It can be so potent that it is called firewater, because literally it can be set on fire.  People will use it to spit fire, and some even attempt to drink it while on fire.

I don't know if you remember +Williamson talking about a top banker recently who left the industry and reveals all the behaviors of top bankers.  He talked about this banker knew they were all satanists, but didn't participate in their satanic gatherings where they worshiped satan through hard alcohol consumption and sex with prostitutes.  This banker just laughed about it.  Distilled alcohol and intoxication go hand in hand.  Whereas one can get their fill of wine and not end up belligerently intoxicated.
As illustrated by lent, where we eat smaller portions as a penance.  Humans by their nature tend to enjoy filling themselves with food and drink.  We who hunger and thirst for righteousness shall have our fill.  When you try to have your fill with distill alcohol, you will find yourself terribly intoxicated.

A fine range of products from monasteries, convents and abbeys.
http://www.erboristeriafarfa.it/catalogo/erboristeria/

Some of those products come from here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certosa_di_Pavia where  herbal preparations and various alcoholic beverages including beer are produced by the monks. Just an example of possibilities for earning one's crust.

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PG, you seem to have a poor understanding of the religious life and its history.

Have you ever changed a pooey baby's nappy? Believe me - it is not conducive to contemplation. You seem to be rather unrealistic and very negative in your expectations.

As for this

And, the benedictine motto is ora et labora.  What labora are these women going to do at their mansion mountain?  Tradition had mary magdalen passing her last days praying and doing penance in a moist cave.  This new monastery seems to be employing drastically different means, while advertising the same ends.  I ask, how?

I find it verging on nasty.

St Mary Magdalene did not belong to a contemplative order of nuns. Her times and circuмstances were altogether different. And where would you find a damp cave for a convent of women so that they would have the availability of the sacraments for their spiritual needs, and how would they earn their living in a damp cave? Boggles the mind.

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About the Carmelites: This https://www.thecarmelitecentremelbourne.org/about/ explains the place (for want of a better word) Elijah has in the life of the Carmel.