How long a person with alcoholic liver can live and whether their life expectancy will be affected cannot be generalized and is related to the stage of the disease they are in. If it is only in the early stages of alcoholic liver, with active treatment, life expectancy is usually not affected. Alcoholic liver disease is the common name for alcoholic liver disease, which is a liver disease caused by long-term heavy alcohol consumption. The early stage of the disease usually starts with fatty liver, but without active treatment and control of alcohol consumption, it will develop into alcoholic hepatitis, alcoholic liver fibrosis, and in severe cases, cirrhosis. Liver failure has also occurred in patients with severe alcohol abuse, but it is generally rare. In the early stage of the disease, patients mostly have no obvious discomfort, and a few patients may experience weakness, loss of appetite, and abdominal distension, etc. Most of them are found to have fatty liver during examination, and alcoholic liver is diagnosed in combination with a history of alcohol consumption. In more severe cases, jaundice and even psychiatric symptoms may appear. However, most of the above symptoms are not specific and require a complete medical history and examination to make a clear diagnosis as well as to assess the severity of the disease. At the stage of alcoholic fatty liver and alcoholic hepatitis, life expectancy will not be affected if alcohol is stopped in time and treated aggressively. If liver fibrosis or cirrhosis is already present at the time of discovery, but there are no serious complications, active treatment, determined abstinence from alcohol, and control of the disease to stabilize the disease will not usually have a significant impact on life expectancy either. However, if the alcoholic liver is very serious and alcohol consumption is still not controlled, serious complications may occur, and in some cases, it may even progress to liver cancer, which can seriously affect life expectancy. Therefore, patients with alcoholic liver disease should be actively treated, resolutely abstain from alcohol and all kinds of alcoholic beverages, exercise properly, pay attention to rest, and not overwork.