Alcoholic liver disease is the damage of the liver as a result of long term or excessive alcohol consumption. Eventually it may lead to liver failure. This condition will not occur in every person who drinks excessively but the chances of developing this form of liver disease is higher in a person who drinks more than the recommended average per week.
Alcoholic liver disease starts of as liver inflammation (heptatitis, not to be confused with viral hepatitis A, B and so on). It then progresses to fatty liver disease and the final stage is cirrhosis.
