defines as consuming more than three drinks on any day or more than seven drinks per week for women, and consuming more than four drinks on any day or more than 14 drinks per week for men.Daily drinking may also increase your alcohol tolerance, which means you won't feel the effects of alcohol as quickly. In other words, if you're drinking to elicit a certain response in your body , you may find yourself needing to drink more to get there.
Binge drinking and heavy drinking can increase the risk of alcohol use disorder, or AUD, which is the impaired ability to stop or control alcohol use. AUD is diagnosed on a spectrum of mild, moderate, and severe. Some common early warning signs that you're developing AUD, according to Dr.