# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![James\_Toothpaste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@James\_Toothpaste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Toothpaste)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/141 "2013-12-13T21:56:53Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > 750ml=a little over 2 cans of beer (ounce wise. Alcohol wise depends on the wines strength) > > Even if you’re wine is on the high end of proof, my estimate is you’re consuming no more than the alcohol equivalent of 6-7 cans of regular beer. And that’s MAX. It could be more like the equivalent of 4-5 cans of beer. > > If 7 cans of beer a day were truly a danger the majority of us in Wisconsin would be on transplant lists! 😛 ---
**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:** [December 13, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/142 "2013-12-13T22:25:44Z")
Is alcohol dangerous for zombies? ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/143 "2013-12-14T00:29:27Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Note that this is 1 or 2 drinks a day _on average_. So, save up for the weekends! (But don’t save up for a whole month and then blow your quota in one sitting…That would be binge drinking, which the article proscribes.) Actually binge drinking is 4 at a sitting for women and 5 at a sitting for men. So saving up 1-2 drinks per day for the weekends might not be such a hot idea. ---
**Author:** ![Quintas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/144 "2015-06-18T20:18:56Z")
I’m still alive. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/145 "2015-06-18T20:28:22Z")
> [@Quintas](#): > > I’m still alive. How’s the 401K working out? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/146 "2015-06-18T21:27:11Z")
> [@Quintas](#): > > I’m still alive. Cite? ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/147 "2015-06-18T22:39:32Z")
Did you drink any wine since you last posted? ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/148 "2015-06-19T17:14:36Z")
> [@Quintas](#): > > I’m still alive. Says the twice reanimated zombie. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/149 "2015-06-19T17:53:44Z")
Run! Zombie Eddie Vedder! ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/150 "2015-06-19T18:31:01Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Says the twice reanimated zombie. So, we’ve discovered that a bottle of wine every day guarantees you’ll rise in gruesome shambling undeath once you kick the bucket. Yet another reason why I like Scotch better. ---
**Author:** ![SocccerismyDNA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@SocccerismyDNA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SocccerismyDNA)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/151 "2015-11-14T05:19:09Z")
You just hit the nail in the head bud. I’m full circle and got back into drinking wine, although quality is important, I find some days you can release and other days you can drink wine for the antioxidants which is for my other condition. Lets stay connected. ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/152 "2015-11-14T16:17:17Z")
Work is the curse of the drinking zombies. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/153 "2015-11-14T18:08:43Z")
> [@Quintas](#): > > I’m still alive. > [@Slash1972](#): > > How’s the 401K working out? To heck with the 401K. How’s the liver working out? ---
**Author:** ![Hector\_St\_Clare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5ac83/32.png) [@Hector\_St\_Clare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hector_St_Clare)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/154 "2015-11-14T19:38:42Z")
> [@Bill\_Door](#): > > All right, I’m about to hijack this thread if I can. Could we reduce the incidence of liver disease and death from the subsequent complications by fortifying alcoholic beverages with glutathione or glutathione precursors? And if we could, should we? This is just one study, but maybe, at least to an extent: > **[N-acetylcysteine attenuates alcohol-induced oxidative stress in the rat - PubMed](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12508366/)** > > This study demonstrated that ethanol-induced liver damage is associated with oxidative stress, and co-administration of n-acetylcysteine attenuates this damage effectively in rat model. I drink maybe 30% less than last year (maybe 13 units/week, though I tend to save it up for the weekend), but I also take acetylcysteine supplements pretty regularly. ---
**Author:** ![joey301](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b782af/32.png) [@joey301](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joey301)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/155 "2017-11-17T02:01:13Z")
This is the only place I have seen this exact question addressed. Let’s say you start drinking at 6PM, go to bed a 9, that is a bottle in 3 hours, you will be quite buzzed, probably pass out each night. I think it’s too much, and it will cost you about $300 per month ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/156 "2017-11-17T02:10:43Z")
According to his profile, **Quintas** is STILL extant, though deep into his zombiehood. Do zombies need livers? I think not. Sorry if I stole your “I’m still alive” thunder.😃 ---
**Author:** ![edwardcoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cab0a1/32.png) [@edwardcoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwardcoast)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/157 "2017-11-17T04:57:37Z")
> [@Quintas](#): > > I usually drink 1 bottle of wine per night. It doesn’t get me drunk or anything, but that is probably just because I have a high tolerance now. I’m 36, i’m very healthy,I eat right, exercise alot etc. But I was thinking i’ve had a 1 bottle per night wine habit since I was in my early 20’s at least. Am I gonna destroy my liver? > > I dont want to turn this into a debate on whether I am or am not an alcoholic. I just want to know if this is an extreme amount and if I’m damaging my body. Every time you fill out a form in a doctor’s office they ask if the patient drinks alcohol, how much and how often. Doctor’s are asking that question because consuming alcohol isn’t a good thing. I know that socially it seems to be acceptable to do so, but that doesn’t make it a healthy choice. Switch to grape juice for a month. If you still can’t do without it, then you need professional help. Not what you wanted to hear, but I’m more concerned about your health than trying to help you find a way to sugar coat it that your consumption of alcohol is a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/158 "2017-11-17T07:49:34Z")
I am in awe over how many times this has come back to life. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/159 "2017-11-17T10:55:18Z")
> [@joey301](#): > > This is the only place I have seen this exact question addressed. Let’s say you start drinking at 6PM, go to bed a 9, that is a bottle in 3 hours, you will be quite buzzed, probably pass out each night. I think it’s too much, and it will cost you about $300 per month Maybe if you live somewhere where wine is outrageously expensive, such as the United States. In much of Europe you could drown your liver in very decent wine for only $60 per month. If you’re not choosy you could probably bring that down to $35. (Plenty of obscure wines of variable quality can be found on sale for €1 a bottle.) ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881/160 "2017-11-17T10:56:07Z")
> [@Quintas](#): > > I’m 6’1". I weigh 185-190 pounds. Its a 750ml bottle of typical red wine. (Merlot, Cab.) etc. But that’s like an extra meal every night, so the I don’t expect yu’ve hit peak weight yet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bottle-of-wine-per-night-gonna-destroy-my-liver/493881.md?page=9)