During the time that I had Blue and Yellow in physical Game Pak form, I never used either the Abra or Drowzee lines, but when I replayed Yellow via emulator around 2012-14, I used the Abra line on my team, primarily for its high Speed and Special stats. I never really liked the idea of trade evolutions, so I never used the Abra line until I began using TGB Dual as my emulator so that I could trade between Generation I games, allowing me to have an Alakazam.
With my playing of Yellow on my 2DS, I've gone with Drowzee/Hypno, as I don't think I'll ever have the opportunity to trade with another player nearby. Sure, Hypno is slow as molasses, but its defense is somewhat better, and of course, Hypnosis, which is probably better than using a Grass type with Sleep Powder (but really not by much).
Unlike a few others in this thread, I never really thought of using Starmie, as I never liked that stone-evolved Pokémon had to forego learning most of the level-up moves of their previous forms unless you evolved them after the last level-up move was offered for learning. I've already decided on my final Water and Psychic types for my Virtual Console playings of Red, Blue, and Yellow, none of which will have Starmie, unless I somehow change my mind later on.