do you need to quit alcohol to lose weight?

Do you need to stop drinking alcohol in order to lose weight? No. All weight loss comes down to reducing your average calorie consumption. And you can reduce your average calorie consumption while drinking alcohol. Now, that being said, the more alcohol you drink, typically the more difficult it's going to be to lose weight, simply because the alcohol is extra calories and it lowers your inhibition, makes you hungrier, and it makes it harder to make the right food choices. But if you want to lose weight while you're drinking alcohol, it all comes down to engineering how you can reduce your calories while having the alcohol in your life. You do not need to give it up if you do not want to.