Vodka is paint stripper. Vodka was the tool of Tsarist Narco terrorists to keep their population addicted. Whiskey on the other hand is the “water of life” and entirely good for anything at all you care to think of. I have no proof for this of course other than being a Scottish savage who enjoys an adult beverage of an evening.
Being American, in our house, it's bourbon. Being a wimp, I'll have it with water on the rocks. Thanks to @Pavel Macek, I learned about Becherovka and that is also a house beverage here, also usually with water on the rocks; perhaps I am part Czech.
-S-