In most guidelines, a standard drink holds about 14 grams of pure alcohol, though the exact amount varies by country and drink type.

Most standard Modelo beers range from 4.0% to about 5.4% alcohol by volume, so one 12-ounce bottle is close to one regular beer serving.

Most classic margaritas hold about 1.5–2 standard drinks, with roughly 18–25% alcohol by volume depending on the recipe and dilution.

People with alcohol use disorder often drink 8 to 12 or more standard drinks per day, far above low-risk guidelines, though intake varies widely.

Most adults start to feel tipsy after about 1–3 standard drinks in an hour, but the exact amount of alcohol varies widely from person to person.

To answer how much alcohol damages the liver, any use can hurt over time, and heavier daily or binge drinking speeds scarring, cirrhosis, and failure.

Alcohol starts to damage the liver at low regular doses, and risk rises steeply once drinking passes about one to two standard drinks a day.

For most healthy adults, daily alcohol becomes too much above 2 standard drinks for men or 1 for women, and many health bodies advise less.

For most healthy adults, alcohol consumption is too much when it regularly exceeds about 2 drinks per day for men or 1 drink per day for women.

Most wines sit between about 5% and 15% alcohol by volume, while fortified styles can reach close to 20% ABV.