"However, an enlarged liver helping someone process alcohol better sounds bizarre to me. I thought a liver being able to process alcohol faster was due to incre

"However, an enlarged liver helping someone process alcohol better sounds bizarre to me. I thought a liver being able to process alcohol faster was due to increased enzymes since the body again is trying to balance itself and is dealing with what is being introduced by upping certain enzymes, whereas in a non-drinker, those enzymes wouldn't be at elevated levels." You are correct, in fact an enlarged liver could be a sign that you are less able to metabolize alcohol. "To this effect, the adaptative increase in alcohol metabolism observed in chronic alcoholics disappears in patients with advanced liver disease." [1] Liver enlargement is a sign of liver disease. I guess that's the sort of mistake you will encounter when reading posts regarding biochemistry / medicine on hacker news. [1] Current concepts in alcohol metabolism https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S166526811932143X#sec0090 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S166526811...: