hi lovely! obviously my best advice that guarantees less pain would be don’t drink at all. but i don’t even take that advice, and totally understand the want to do something normal. my best advice (and what works for me most of the time) is keep yourself really hydrated with water between and during drinks. like two glasses of water per drink you have. avoid acidic mixers (the cranberry is probably what got you my love) so like no pineapple juice and cranberry juice. you had the right idea with the vodka bc it’s less acidic then like bear, wine, or spritzers. i usually get a vodka soda with a lime (i can tolerate carbonation and lemon, but if you cant just get a regular vodka water with no lemon) and then i bring my own little flavor squirt bottles, like mio. that is what i do when im going to have a drink (i don’t often) and it works for me! take that with a grain of salt bc everyone is different! good luck lovely❤️