I don't think most self-esteem issues have any suspicion behind them. One does not deserve a compliment with self-esteem problems versus you thinking the person complimenting has a hidden agenda going on. It does sound a little tangled to me.

Think about the twists and turns you go through; if it were me, a drunk would not be a good judge of character so telling me something good/bad, I would not put too much store in it, would not even consider it much less accept/deny it; it would not apply. Or, I'd be slightly amused at a drunk, smile and thank them for a compliment, ignore a curse and tell them to go to sleep or something.

But it appears you actively seek a reason not to accept what someone else says as true. You look for a flaw in the other person so you do not have to believe them. It is like you are afraid to believe them. If I were you, I'd think about what would happen, what it/you would be like if a compliment were true. Think of the latest actual compliment you have been given and don't discount it, just pretend the person says it and that makes it true (which, for that person, it is) for you.

I think you ask an interesting, important question :-) But who am I, I'm just someone online that doesn't "know" you, the question is really only important to you, not everyone, etc.