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What do you mean by heavy drinking? how much is considered heavy drinking?
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If you...: ...Regret, can't remember, or have been harmed by anything that happened while drinking, that's heavy drinking that needs to stop.
Answered 10/3/2016
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Heavy alcohol: If you want the answer from a medical/health perspective, I can tell you that over 2.5 drinks per day for a man and 2.5 drinks per day for a woman can lead to liver cirrhosis.
Answered 11/7/2017
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