New discovery: alcoholic lung

Although chronic alcohol abuse is closely associated with liver disease, researchers are now discovering a pattern of alcohol-related lung damage called 'alcoholic lung.'

Alcoholics are more susceptible to pneumonia and more than twice as likely to develop acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) compared to non-alcoholics. The alcoholic lung has been found to have lower levels of glutathione, an antioxidant that helps protect the lung from oxidative stress. Source.