If you’re drinking too much at one time, drinking too often, or both, you may be consuming too much alcohol. “Heavy” or “at-risk” drinking for healthy men generally is considered four drinks in any day or 14 drinks in a week. Women are identified as “heavy drinkers” or “at-risk” if they consume three drinks per day or seven per week. When it comes to liver toxicity, there’s no proven safe amount of alcohol. The side effects of alcohol occur in patients who consume significant amounts of alcohol daily or who only binge on particular days.