 [ Symptoms ] navel bloody discharge [ Disease ] although consuming a moderate amount of alcohol can have some potential health benefits drinking too much alcohol can raise your blood pressure a moderate amount of alcohol consumption per day is considered 2 servings for men under 65 years old and 1 serving for women and men over 65 years old a serving is considered 12 ounces of beer 5 ounces of wine or 1 5 ounces of 80 proof distilled spirits so the answer to your question depends on if you are male or female how old you are and whether you are having an appropriate serving size if you are already an alcohol drinker small amounts of alcohol may actually lower your blood pressure but this is not to suggest that you start drinking if you do not already the potential benefits of alcohol need to be weighed against the possible detrimental health effects since consuming alcohol can lead to other health problems too this would be an area to discuss further with your doctor drinking too much alcohol in one sitting can temporarily raise your blood pressure and drinking too much on a regular basis can cause long term blood pressure problems keep in mind that consuming excess alcohol can also increase calorie consumption which could possibly lead to weight gain another risk factor for hypertension it is typically not recommended to start drinking alcohol if you do not already and it is important to limit alcohol consumption to moderate amounts if you already consume alcohol