# Is a bottle of wine per night gonna destroy my liver? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 21, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881 "2009-04-21T19:32:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/101 "2012-02-29T04:01:19Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > the UK can suck my cock. Good news! One can easily suck a bottle of cock every night with no adverse effects on the liver. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/102 "2012-02-29T05:12:05Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Good news! One can easily suck a bottle of cock every night with no adverse effects on the liver. Rod Stewart is from the UK. _Coincidence?_ ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/103 "2012-02-29T22:05:34Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Good news! One can easily suck a bottle of cock every night with no adverse effects on the liver. You’ve got that round the wrong way, once 62+ million UK citizens have finished with \*\*kayaker’s \*\* cock he won’t be a happy boy. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Elegantest\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce7236/32.png) [@The\_Elegantest\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Elegantest_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/104 "2012-03-01T15:07:09Z")
So, checking in a few years later. You still alive? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/105 "2012-03-01T15:15:32Z")
> [@lisiate](#): > > You’ve got that round the wrong way, once 62+ million UK citizens have finished with \*\*kayaker’s \*\* cock he won’t be a happy boy. Apologies for my outburst, drunk off my arse. ---
**Author:** ![Quintas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/106 "2012-03-01T19:26:04Z")
> [@The\_Elegantest\_Ninja](#): > > So, checking in a few years later. You still alive? Alive and well. ---
**Author:** ![misling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@misling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misling)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/107 "2012-03-01T20:05:41Z")
Quintas, if you don’t mind answering, did you change your habit of a bottle a night? or not? If you did, did you notice any effect? I know it’s none of our business - so don’t answer if you mind answering. After reading this thread I’m just curious. ---
**Author:** ![Quintas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/108 "2012-03-17T21:41:44Z")
> [@misling](#): > > Quintas, if you don’t mind answering, did you change your habit of a bottle a night? or not? Yeah, pretty much. I’ll still knock one back over dinner on the weekends but nightly? no. Aside from feeling better and not worrying about my liver, $10 or so for a bottle of wine X 30 days in a month is a non-trivial chunk of change. I increased my 401K contributions to take advantage of the extra $300 per month. Unless the world goes to hell, im sure i’ll thank myself for that when i’m 65. ---
**Author:** ![Maverick1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Maverick1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maverick1)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/109 "2013-06-28T02:34:27Z")
This crap ia rubbish. You live once. Show me study, peer reviewed that shows drinking wine all day kills you faster than if not. Won’t happen. The US thinks we have all health crap figured out, we don’t. Liver damage is far and few between based on numbers. All those who are posting bogus research are obviously not doing the research. Risks in life are high and wine consumption is not one od the risks associated with mortality rates(death). I challenge anyone on this silly blog to prove drinking a LOT of red wine leads to death. Anyone? Back it up With cited journals please… Enjoy brother. You live once. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/110 "2013-06-28T02:43:46Z")
Drink up, Maverick! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/111 "2013-06-28T02:49:21Z")
Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/112 "2013-06-28T03:01:45Z")
I recently read _Down and Out in Paris and London_, where George Orwell claims that he and other dishwashers toiling away in the bowels of a hotel were entitled to three bottles of wine per day, but they’d sweat it all out and never get drunk. Of course, George Orwell died at the age of 46, so maybe not much of a supporting data point. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/113 "2013-06-28T03:09:41Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > Of course, George Orwell died at the age of 46, so maybe not much of a supporting data point. He died of complications of tuberculosis. If anything, alcohol helped decrease stress in his life and contributed to his longevity. 😃 Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/114 "2013-06-28T04:51:10Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > He died of complications of tuberculosis. If anything, alcohol helped decrease stress in his life and contributed to his longevity. 😃 Cheers! Unfortunately, there seems to be medical [evidence](http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/716440) that heavy alcohol use exacerbates TB. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/115 "2013-06-28T05:00:42Z")
> [@Maverick1](#): > > I challenge anyone on this silly blog to prove drinking a LOT of red wine leads to death. Anyone? Well, shit! _A LOT?_ You’re prolly cool. I hear more is safer; something about liver numbness or something. It can’t feel it after a while. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/116 "2013-06-28T05:07:47Z")
I understand that if you’re outside in subzero weather for several hours, drinking more and more wine will wrap you in a warm cozy blanket that will surround you for the rest of your life. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/117 "2013-06-28T11:42:30Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Unfortunately, there seems to be medical [evidence](http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/716440) that heavy alcohol use exacerbates TB. Well, sure, there’s that. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/118 "2013-06-28T11:55:58Z")
Smoking like a chimney while _afflicted_ with TB probably didn’t help Mr. Blair much either. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/119 "2013-06-28T12:17:48Z")
> [@Maverick1](#): > > I challenge anyone on this silly blog to prove drinking a LOT of red wine leads to death. I challenge you to a race around the world. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/120 "2013-06-28T12:25:28Z")
> [@Quintas](#): > > It is one bottle. Sometimes slightly less. However, since reading this thread I decided to give it up, at least for a few weeks. I notice it’s much easier to wake in the mornings the past few days and I’m much more alert. I was never hungover in the classic sense from one bottle but it apparently makes you a bit groggy even hours later. Looks like the OP may have solved his wine problem several years ago, before this thread was resurrected for the first time, and then resurrected again, and then again… I lost count on whether this thread is a triple or quadruple zombie, though. **Quintas** , are you still there? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881.md?page=7)