There was a good meta analysis in 2016 on this, you lose the mortality benefits of moderate drinking once you correct for study design, which can basically dict

There was a good meta analysis in 2016 on this, you lose the mortality benefits of moderate drinking once you correct for study design, which can basically dictate results here. One big confound, a lot of current strict abstainers are former heavy drinkers with serious health problems: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/26997174/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/26997174/