scholarly open access Journals in Alcoholism, is a global companion inspected online diary with the point of view to introduce the new treatment techniques and solution for liquor and medication addicts. The articles distributed in this diary are openly accessible for the readers. Alcohol is consumed widely in most parts of the world and has long been identified as a major risk factor for all liver diseases [3]; for modern overviews see [4], [5], [6]. Even though the majority of adults are still abstainers, almost half of the world’s population consumed alcohol in the past year [7]. It is the aim of this paper to provide an overview from a global perspective of the contribution of alcohol to liver diseases. The International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) recognizes several forms of alcoholic liver disease (ALD; see ICD-10, K70), sometimes considered stages [8], that range from relatively mild and reversible alcoholic hepatic steatosis (fatty liver) (K70.0) and alcoholic hepatitis (K70.1), to alcoholic fibrosis and sclerosis of the liver (K70.2), and further to severe and irreversible stages of ALD, such as alcoholic liver cirrhosis (K70.3) and alcoholic hepatic failure (K70.4). We start with an overview of available data at the global level, and with the methodology used to estimate the proportion of the health burden caused by alcohol-attributable liver cirrhosis and liver cancer. After presenting the results of our estimations, we discuss potential interventions to reduce the burden of ALDs, and the implications of these interventions.