I would like your opinion on whether or not you think I'm drinking too much beer.

I don't drink any alcohol at all during the weekdays: Mon. - Thurs.
Friday: 1-4 beers (light/low-carb)
Saturday: 2-6 beers (some light; some dark [Stout/Ale/etc])
Sunday: 1-4 beers (light/low-carb)
Total Weekend drinking: 4-14 beers

Also, I don't (usually) drink the beers all at once and I like to drink them slowly and make them last as long as possible. I drink at a rate at about one beer per 0.5 - 1.0 hours.

Does anyone think this is too much? I wouldn't want to mess up my liver over this.

I think you're fine, however I think one to two drinks everyday is healther than binge drinking on the weekend only. That's what I was told anyway.

I would like your opinion on whether or not you think I'm drinking too much beer.

I don't drink any alcohol at all during the weekdays: Mon. - Thurs.
Friday: 1-4 beers (light/low-carb)
Saturday: 2-6 beers (some light; some dark [Stout/Ale/etc])
Sunday: 1-4 beers (light/low-carb)
Total Weekend drinking: 4-14 beers

Also, I don't (usually) drink the beers all at once and I like to drink them slowly and make them last as long as possible. I drink at a rate at about one beer per 0.5 - 1.0 hours.

Does anyone think this is too much? I wouldn't want to mess up my liver over this.


I think youre fine there...... :) :) :)

Although they say it's better to just have a couple of drinks per day, a lot of people do drink like yourself. They don't drink during the work week and then like to party a little on the weekends. I don't think you are hurting your liver by doing this, since you are giving it a rest during the week. Also, taking a lot of vitamins, includng Vitamins B and C, reallly helps keep your liver healthy. Milk Thistle is an excellent liver cleanser. I drank a lot more than that for a longer period of time, and after I cut back, I had my liver checked and it was fine. I don't think you have anything to worry about.

Although they say it's better to just have a couple of drinks per day, a lot of people do drink like yourself. They don't drink during the work week and then like to party a little on the weekends. I don't think you are hurting your liver by doing this, since you are giving it a rest during the week. Also, taking a lot of vitamins, includng Vitamins B and C, reallly helps keep your liver healthy. Milk Thistle is an excellent liver cleanser. I drank a lot more than that for a longer period of time, and after I cut back, I had my liver checked and it was fine. I don't think you have anything to worry about.


I do take Milk Thistle daily. My latest blood test revealed the following liver related results:

ALT: 24 [15-50]
AST: 24 [10-40]
Alkaline Phosphate: 63 [30-115]
Globulin: 3.2 [2.0-3.5]
A/G ratio: 1.5 [1.0-2.4]
Albumin: 4.8 [3.3-5.5]
Bilirubin: 0.6 [0.2-1.2]

I don't know what the different levels mean. I just know that when I got my results, they said there was nothing wrong. Looks like yours are fine; nothing is high.

If you are really worried about it, why don't you cut back on the weekends a little? Like I said, it depends a lot on your diet and other habits as well. I have heard of people getting cirrhosis just from eating a high fat diet, believe it or not.

Just keep taking the Milk Thistle and watching your diet. I think some alcoholics get liver disease or cirrhosis because they don't eat and their livers are not getting the proper nutrients. When you stop drinking, if you have a fatty liver, it does go back to normal. It's when the fatty liver goes into cirrhosis that it's permanent.

Well, I had a get-away weekend with my family and friends and did it again:

Friday: 2 beers at dinner
Saturday: 2 beers at lunch; 2 beers at the pool; 1 beer at dinner
Sunday: 3 beers at the pool; 2 beers at dinner
Total: 12 beers

Most were the 3.7% alcohol light beers except for 2 of them, and most were taken while eating (lunch, dinner, etc.).

It's hard not to drink when a bunch a people around you are having fun and drinking as well!

Well, I had a get-away weekend with my family and friends and did it again:

Friday: 2 beers at dinner
Saturday: 2 beers at lunch; 2 beers at the pool; 1 beer at dinner
Sunday: 3 beers at the pool; 2 beers at dinner
Total: 12 beers

Most were the 3.7% alcohol light beers except for 2 of them, and most were taken while eating (lunch, dinner, etc.).

I'm no Doc but the amount of Alcohol you are talking about is really minor..... I really wouldnt worry..... if you were drinking 6 to 10 beers a day, 7 days a week, that would be another story....... :) :) :)

Well, this weekend I was a good boy: Friday = 2 beers, Saturday = 2 beers, Sunday = 2 beers, Total = 6 beers!

I had to chill for two months on beer to see if that is why my enzymes were high. I did my bloodwork today so we will see. I am also a 99.99% weekend beer drinker and my drinking is about in your range. My doctor says my level of drinking can cause my ratios (can't remember ast/alt or vice versa) to be > 1 which is why he wanted me to quit all alcohol for awhile. I have been taking milk thistle and add in my abstinence, I hope my levels are back to normal. My doc did say that binge drinking can cause damage but he didn't say what was binge. I would say binge is more than 8 beers but I bet I will get different answers on that one.

I drink red wine everyday, and have

alt 10
ggt 24

I drink red wine everyday, and have

alt 10
ggt 24

What are your ALT, AP, Albumin and Bilirubin numbers - if you don't mind?