Drinking alkaline water probably won’t hurt you, unless you count your wallet. It might even help a tiny bit in very specific situations. But for the average, healthy person who sleeps okay and eats vegetables sometimes? It’s a luxury placebo.
Jenna’s ficus died because she overwatered it, not because the pH was wrong. But I still think about that forty bucks. For that money, she could have bought a nice water bottle, filled it with tap water, and had enough left over for a burrito. And you know what? A burrito actually does fix my fatigue. True story.