"Oh you believers. Wine, games of chance, statues all augur impurity and are the work of the devil."
Clean water is a recent commodity, if the early Muslims were forbidden any alcohol it's probable they would have all died from water borne diseases. What the Koran says is that it’s disrespectful to god to prey when drunk which if you believe in a God makes sense but it is possible to drink alcohol moderately without getting drunk.
The current Islamic total ban on alcohol is just a recent interpretation.
Anonymous for obvious reasons