Impurities on clothing and furniture

Doubts regarding impurities

Q: Please help me. You have helped me a lot throughout. If a person consumes alcohol and uses makeup like lipstick and all and if that lipstick touches one's hand does everything become napaak? You always say if there are no traces of alcohol then it is pure. How can we be sure that there are no traces of alcohol in a persons mouth as the taste and smell of alcohol stays if you are consuming it. I consumed alcohol a long time ago and I have repented and now when I think about the makeup I have used and what I touched I'm becoming doubtful. I have thrown away half the stuff I used. I feel may be they have traces as I don't remember everything and I am in doubts. It has become very stressful.

Bleeding gums

Q: I have bleeding gums when I sleep. When I wake up the towel I put on my pillow has some drool on it, sometimes its clear, sometimes orangey yellow. When I spit to check, the colour of the saliva is orangey yellow in colour but not red or pink. Is the towel impure? Also when drool comes out with blood and is red, I do not know if the saliva got on my beard or side of my face when I slept as there are patches on my towel where my mouth was. I have bad waswasas due to this. What do I do?

Alcohol being impure

Q: I have been reading online but there are different views. Some scholars say that alcohol is haram to consume but it is not impure in literal sense and not impure to touch. Similarly some scholars say it is haram to consume and also impure to touch. If we go to a place that serves alcohol will the table or other places be regarded as impure. Please shed some light.