Deciding whether or not to start the pill

I am 22 years old and have recently started sleeping with my boyfriend, I have always been super against the pill purely because of the hormones and because of the effects I’ve seen it have on friends/family whist using it (weight gain, acne...) and once stopping it (struggling to get a regular period - only coming every few months and hectic mood swings...)

However I don’t know much about it besides from hearsay

Please let me know about your experiences on the pill and also which pill is know to have the “least hormones”