A bottle of wine and maybe a couple beers keeps me pleasantly drunk for the night. It's not exactly moderate drinking, but I think you'd be surprised how many people can comfortably drink that amount over the course of a night. Not going to pretend it's good for you, but my liver levels and everything else are in great shape in spite of nights like that.

To the original point, if I suddenly started having any kind of pressure or discomfort in the liver region after having even one drink, I'd be in the doctor's office ASAP. It might just be gas or it might be something much worse. It isn't worth waiting around to find out

Sounds like a Saturday night!

1 bottle of wine is 6 small glasses - roughly equivalent to 3 UK pints of premium strength lager. What we in the UK might consider 'a start' (for a big night out)

A handy guide from our National Health Service: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/alcohol-advice/calculating-alco...

You're allowed 1 and a half 'Saturday nights' a week!

Don't be silly. A bottle of malbec or Cabernet sauvignon is only a good start. Half litre of Black Label after a good dinner, that's another thing.

Not to minimize but in some cultures a bottle of wine might be viewed as an aperitif frankly. My brother in law used to drink 3 or 4 full bottles before he got stuck into his serious drinking. I'm glad to say he eventually kicked alcohol altogether. But the point stands: it isn't necessarily too much for some people to physically handle. It really depends on the human in question.

Your brother in law was already serious drinking when he was dri king 3-4 bottles of wine at a time.

that sounds pretty puritan, I can tell you aren't European, Aussie/NZ, or Canadian

I'm European and weigh around 70 kg but a bottle of wine is definitely not a light drink. To me, it's somewhere between medium and heavy drinking, depending on how fast I drink it and the ABV.

You're generalising wildly. I'm from NZ, and drinking an entire bottle of wine sounds pretty crazy to me.

depends a lot on the context too. Over an evening with meals I don't think a bottle of wine is that much. Downing the bottle is another thing

You shouldn't throw all of Europe into one pot. Drinking culture is radically different in different countries, and even in different regions in the same country.

Everybody has different alcohol limits sheesh

Depends enormously on a persons tolerance. Lemmy (from Motörhead) used to drink a bottle of Jack a day with no noticeable effects. This is probably not recommended though.

I think though if you get severe side effects from drinking a bottle of wine (beyond a hangover) then you should probably not do that, speak to a doctor and continue to not do that until a doctor tells you otherwise.