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How does excessive alcohol intake ( for 10 yrs) damage the liver?

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Liver is poisoned: Alcohol is essentially a toxin to the liver. If continually abused, the liver weakens and can become cirrhosis. Then if alcohol use continues, you can go into liver failure.

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Answered 1/5/2015

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