It is the most common liver problem in people with alcohol dependence . The liver is enlarged, firm, and yellowish. The liver cells are swollen with fat. This fat comes from the diet and the body's fat cells. Alcoholic fatty liver is reversible if a person stops drinking alcohol .
Alcoholic hepatitis is inflammation of the liver from alcohol, which can be severe.
The liver is enlarged, firm, and yellowish. There is also death of liver cells. Alcoholic hepatitis is the middle step between fatty liver and alcoholic cirrhosis . Alcoholic cirrhosis is an end-stage disease. If drinking is not stopped, more liver cells die.