Will 4 days of heavy drinking in 1 year have any long term effect on my liver

I am 27, I did not drink until I was aged 24

Since then I have drank about 4 beers a night every 4 months of the year.

I drink about 5 times a year.

I over did it this week and drank the equivalent of 6 beers and 2 cocktails (12 units per cocktail) each night for 4 days.

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Reply 1

futbol

Get out and get obliterated with the lads every week.

That's what I do.

It will do nothing to your liver.

Reply 2

SophieSmall

Unless you already have a problem with your liver, then no.

Reply 3

Schrödingers Cat

Since when are there 12 units in a cocktail? That's the equivalent of a whole bottle of vodka.

Plus if you had 36 odd units in one night you would be dead

Reply 4

username917703

Original post by Schrödingers Cat

Plus if you had 36 odd units in one night you would be dead

Doubt it. 36 units is about 18 pints ain't it?

Reply 5

Schrödingers Cat

Original post by Wilfred Little

Doubt it. 36 units is about 18 pints ain't it?

Well, if Op meant 6 pints then it would be 40 units.

One pint is about 2.5 units so closer to 15 pints. You think you could drink 18 pints and not die lol?

Reply 6

username917703

Original post by Schrödingers Cat

Well, if Op meant 6 pints then it would be 40 units.

One pint is about 2.5 units so closer to 15 pints. You think you could drink 18 pints and not die lol?

Yes, I've drank about that before in one night. You wouldn't die, but you'd have a bad hangover and of course it's not advisable.

Reply 7

Schrödingers Cat

Original post by Wilfred Little

Yes, I've drank about that before in one night. You wouldn't die, but you'd have a bad hangover and of course it's not advisable.

You must be a heavy drinker to do that and a big lad.

OP only drinks 4 times a year!

I also doubt you had 18 pints, drunk people always overestimate how much they drink

Reply 8

username917703

Original post by Schrödingers Cat

You must be a heavy drinker to do that and a big lad.

OP only drinks 4 times a year!

I also doubt you had 18 pints, drunk people always overestimate how much they drink

Yeah I am (a big lad).

& I'm not overestimating, I'm not exactly proud of it. I reckon there's a fair few posters on here who have drank that amount in terms of units at some point. Doesn't have to be in pints either. You aren't going to die from drinking 18 pints unless you do something like fall over and smash your head or go to sleep and choke on your vomit.

Reply 9

username1221160

No. It's when you are knocking back 4 beers night that it becomes a problem.

Reply 10

Schrödingers Cat

Original post by Wilfred Little

Depends how quickly you drank it, how big you are, how much you drink etc... I know for a fact if I knocked down 18 pints I would be in serious trouble.

Quite a few people have died from downing spirits

Reply 11

mphysical

Original post by Schrödingers Cat

Since when are there 12 units in a cocktail? That's the equivalent of a whole bottle of vodka.

Since when are there 12 units in a bottle of vodka.
A 750cl bottle contains 30 x 25ml shots. That's 30 units
.

Plus if you had 36 odd units in one night you would be dead

Do you have evidence?

Reply 12

emmashaw200

Original post by tut123

have you heard of hen dos and stag dos? people do that for sometimes two weeks every night and they are fine your worrying too much. It is actually good for you to have a small amount of alcohol everyday, not that much, but a coupld beers night wont kill your liver mate

Reply 13

emmashaw200

Original post by Schrödingers Cat

Since when are there 12 units in a cocktail? That's the equivalent of a whole bottle of vodka.

Plus if you had 36 odd units in one night you would be dead

you would not die drinking 36 units in one night you idiot people drink more than that in a night, i.e alcoholics and they don't die on a daily basis so your wrong

Reply 14

emmashaw200

Original post by Schrödingers Cat

You must be a heavy drinker to do that and a big lad.

OP only drinks 4 times a year!

I also doubt you had 18 pints, drunk people always overestimate how much they drink

drunk people never oversestimate how much they drink when how much they have spent tells them how much they have drunk. also who the hell only drinks 4 times a year? what planet are you from, I drank roughly 20 pints in one night once, yeah it was over 7 hours but still I did it

Reply 15

Schrödingers Cat

Original post by emmashaw200

Read OP first, he drinks 5 times years.

You've obviously never had alcohol in your life

Reply 16

emmashaw200

Original post by Schrödingers Cat

Read OP first, he drinks 5 times years.

You've obviously never had alcohol in your life

I obvs had had alcohol you don't know me I drink a lot actually

Reply 17

Schrödingers Cat

Original post by mphysical

Since when are there 12 units in a bottle of vodka.
A 750cl bottle contains 30 x 25ml shots. That's 30 units
.Do you have evidence?

Talking about the 35cl bottles.

Just look up deaths from alcohol. Have a look at deaths from neck nominations too

Reply 18

lewif002

Original post by tut123

12 units per cocktail? No way. If you had 12 units in one hit, you'd be passing out in about 3 minutes flat.

I'd say you could probably hit the booze hard (not stupidly) once per week, for the rest of your life, and your liver will be fine forever more.

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Reply 19

lewif002

Original post by emmashaw200

you would not die drinking 36 units in one night you idiot people drink more than that in a night, i.e alcoholics and they don't die on a daily basis so your wrong

Shut up you imbecile. If you drank two big bottles of vodka in one night (even if it was spaced out over 8 hours) you would either be in a graveyard or in an ICU the next morning. There's no way anyone can handle the equivalent of 40 vodka shots or 25 pints in one night. That would be liver failure time. Instantly.

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