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No other poison enjoys the status that alcohol has with humankind, but the risks far outweigh any benefits.

A few weeks ago, a stable cirrhosis patient asked me this question in my outpatient office. He was diagnosed with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease-related cirrhosis without any liver-associated complications.
“Sir, is it ok if I have a couple of drinks every other week?”
Now that he was confident that his liver functions were normal, he wanted to be sure.
“Imagine I am a police officer, and you are at my station,” I told him. “Would you ask me if you could stab but not kill someone every other year? Or would you ask a traffic police officer if you could …