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The liver is the responsible organ for alcohol processing. When a person is used to drinking alcohol in a heavy way, this process produces highly toxic chemicals. These chemicals can injure the liver cells. This injury then leads to inflammation and Hepatitis. Although heavy alcohol use leads to Alcoholic Hepatitis, doctors aren’t entirely sure why the condition develops. Hepatitis caused by alcohol develops in a minority of people who heavily use alcohol — no more than 35 percent according to the American Liver Foundation. It can also develop in people who moderately use alcohol.