Daily alcohol consumption in our area is considered socially acceptable behavior and most residents of this area do not see any problem with it. Excessive intake of alcoholic beverages in the body increases the risk of developing alcohol addiction, but also the risk of developing numerous chronic diseases. The World Health Organization declared alcoholism a major public health problem today, which has an unfavorable effect on the physical, psychological and social aspects of the lives of people who consume alcohol, as well as their environment. Excessive long-term alcohol consumption causes a liver disease called alcoholic liver cirrhosis. At the beginning of the disease, a person does not have specific symptoms, but they appear when complications of the underlying disease develop. At that stage of the disease, the only way to cure it is a liver transplant. Considering the complexity of the procedure and the greater demand for a new liver than is available, the treatment is reduced to the implementation of symptomatic and supportive methods with the aim of reducing complications and preserving the quality of life. It is extremely important to carry out the primary prevention of alcoholism among children in the upper grades of primary schools, who are considered the most at-risk group. The process of prevention is the task of bachelor's degrees in nursing and nurses/technicians, who should be specially educated about this problem in order to be able to transfer their knowledge and influence to at-risk groups in a high-quality manner. This paper presents the anatomy and physiology of the liver, which is important for any understanding of liver disease and the etiology and pathogenesis of alcoholic liver cirrhosis. Diagnostic methods and methods of treatment of alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver are mentioned. The physical changes in the patient's appearance and the clinical picture of a patient with alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver are listed. Complications of alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver such as ascites, bleeding from esophageal varices, hepatic encephalopathy, hepatocellular carcinoma are explained in detail. etc. The second part of the paper presents the case of a 52-year-old patient with a diagnosis of decompensated alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver, who was hospitalized on several occasions in 2022 in the Department of Gastroenterology and General Internal Medicine of the Čakovec County Hospital. The patient developed numerous complications of the underlying disease, and each hospitalization was accompanied by a progressive worsening of the general condition, and eventually the patient died. Through nursing diagnoses, the health care of patients in the terminal phase of this disease is shown.