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Is drinking alcohol hard on the kidneys?
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Usually not: Only if you drink so much that you become dehydrated, or if you drink antifreeze, wood alcholol, running alcohol, or home-made alcohol that was sitting in a container impregnated with lead.
Answered 2/24/2018
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