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alcohol can affect the liver by making the liver work harder. It also poisons the liver which can cause you to die.
It causes the formation of fat in the liver, which can eventually cause tissue death, scarring (cirrhosis) and total loss of liver function. At that point you get a transplant, or you die.

Incidentally, active alcoholics are not considered candidates for transplants.

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