How di you know if someone is dying of alcoholism?

Different ways: Alcoholism can kill in many ways. All organs of the body can be affected by alcohol. Liver disease kills many alcoholics, and it caused increased size of the abdomen with wasting and shrinkage of the arms and legs, jaundice (yellowing of the skin), difficulty thinking or reasoning, confusion, bleeding, infection. Alcohol also damages the heart and can cause chronic heart problems that may kill.