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Liquor is commonly understood to be 40-50% ABV
None of this is really exact anyway. This is what doctors seem to go on
The problem is the beer I usually drink is in a 24 ounce can, and has 9.8% abv, and I don't know a single person who would call that 4 drinks (which it is! One drink is .6oz of ethanol, and that can of beer has 2.4oz of ethanol)
Doctors try to get people to accurately report their lives because people aren't thinking about this. I remember there was a place (Scotland maybe?) where they put how many "Units" of alcohol were in drinks, which I think is a good idea for these kinds of things. A unit seemed to be that 0.6oz (~17ml) of ethanol you get if you do the math on the earlier measurements.
I like a drink (obviously) as part of enjoying food, cooking, hosting and manage the risk by never having more than one in a day (this is probably 2 'units' of alcohol if a cocktail or one if a glass of wine) but also not two days in a row, I try not to drink today if I did yesterday. Generally 3 drinks a week, 2 cocktails one glass of wine so 5 units. Sometimes less. I feel good physically, better than I did in the years I did not drink, but would not attribute it to drinking, we have more money now and better lifestyle overall, so slightly less stress.