As alcohol-related liver disease rises in the U.S., a clinic takes a new approach to treatment

By the time Austin Johnson was 29 his liver had been so damaged by heavy drinking that his doctors feared he would die. For years, he’d been putting away nearly a full bottle of booze each night to quiet his emotional anguish. Everything in his life revolved around drinking. “It was normal to me, coming home after work, getting drunk, calling friends up drunk, playing video games drunk,” said Johnson, now 33. “It was to the point where I would fall asleep with the bottle in my hand.
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