what happens when an alcoholic stops drinking alcohol
Alcohol withdrawal is the changes the body goes through when a person suddenly stops drinking after prolonged and heavy alcohol use. Symptoms include trembling (shakes), insomnia, anxiety, and other physical and mental symptoms. Alcohol has a slowing effect (also called a sedating effect or depressant effect) on the brain.
Fatty liver is reversible, if you stop drinking and then keep to safer drinking guidelines, but fatty liver is the first step towards alcoholic liver disease. This happens when the liver becomes inflamed and scarred, and can no longer deal with the workload of breaking down the toxins in alcohol.