How does drinking alcohol affect your liver?
Excessive alcohol consumption can damage the liver and cause liver disease. Alcohol contains ethanol, it has calories. However, unlike fats and carbohydrates, the body does not store alcohol for later use. Alcohol remains in the water until it is released and the liver oxidizes and removes the alcohol.
Alcoholic hepatitis is caused by chronic alcohol abuse and there are three types of hepatitis. Alcoholic hepatitis is characterized by one of the following conditions: