High cholesterol because of alcohol?

by Jerry
(Chicago,Il USA)

I'm a 59yr old white male, 5'11", 159lbs, I exercise several days a week, (1hr per week).

I always watch what I eat, very clean eater. non-smoker. My bad habits include beer drinking, (daily) and I had a dependency on pain pills (vicodin) so much so that I now take a drug called Suboxone to help "kick" the habit.

I had a blood wake up recently and all seem fairly normal except cholesterol:

total cholesterol was 269,
56 HDL,
183 LDL

Is the beer drinking causing the 269#? I can't believe it's from food diet.

PS BP is around 130 over 75...

I would appreciate any input.