Congratulations on 15 days! I seem to have misread and gave you a few extra, but I know that you'll get there so congratulations in advance!!
The inflammation connection is quite interesting. I'm a nerd, so I like to read about these things (I, too, find the science both interesting and compelling). Here is an interesting piece about the alcohol, inflammation and gut/brain/liver connection:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2842521/
Also, this one from the Arthritis Foundation talks about alcohol specifically as it pertains to that disease:
https://www.arthritis.org/health-wel...-limit/alcohol