. >> scott jeffrey, who was aby buyer in san francisco, doesn't think it equates to people drinks 45%staurants are closed so instead, people drink at home. >> i think people resort to unhealthy methods of coping. >> instead of going to the bar, i will just every night at my house. >> reporter: you don't feel like you're overdoing it? >> i mean, that's good question. >> reporter: it's hart to fault people for seeking an outlet in the pandemic a year later. are deeply troubling health aspects that are coming to life. >> more and more, we are seeing young people as young as 20 come in with cirrhosis of the liver. young adults, women and ethnic minorities. these are the groups that had the most stress and burden from the pandemic. >> reporter: dr. brian lee is a liver transplant specialist. he contributed to a kaiser study that says across the country there is a 30% to 50% increase in hospitalizations due to liver disease, most of which is cirrhosis. >> it can happen with one drink a day, and two drinks a day for men. people with cirrhosis, have a life expectancy of five years. >> the onl

. >> scott jeffrey, who was aby buyer in san francisco, doesn't think it equates to people drinks 45% more. it's that bars and restaurants are closed so instead, people drink at home. >> i think people resort to unhealthy methods of coping. >> instead of going to the bar, i will just every night at my house. >> reporter: you don't feel like you're overdoing it? >> i mean, that's good question. >> reporter: it's hart to fault people for seeking an outlet in the pandemic a year later. are deeply troubling health aspects that are coming to life. >> more and more, we are seeing young people as young as 20 come in with cirrhosis of the liver. young adults, women and ethnic minorities. these are the groups that had the most stress and burden from the pandemic. >> reporter: dr. brian lee is a liver transplant specialist. he contributed to a kaiser study that says across the country there is a 30% to 50% increase in hospitalizations due to liver disease, most of which is cirrhosis. >> it can happen with one drink a day, and two drinks a day for men. people with cirrhosis, have a life expectan

. >> reporter: scott jeffrey, a beer byron in san francisco doesn't think that equates to people drinkingt is that bars and restaurants have been closed, so instead people drink at home. >> some resort to unhealthy methods of coping. >> instead of going out to bars until 2:00 in the morning, i'll just drink every night at my house. >> you don't feel like you're overdoing it? >> i mean, yeah, that's a good question. >> it is hard to fault people seeking an outlet during the pandemic. a year later, there are deeply troubling health impacts starting to come to light. >> more and more seeing young people, young as 20, come in with cirrhosis of the liver from alcohol. young adults, women, ethnic minorities. these are the groups who've had the most stress and burden from the pandemic. >> dr. brian lee is a help toll gist and liver transplant specialist. he contributed to kaiser family foundation study that says across the country there's a 30 to 50% increase in hospitalizations due to alcohol associated liver disease, most of which is cirrhosis, end stage liver scarring. >> liver disease can ha

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. >> reporter: scott jeffrey who was a beer buyer in san francisco doesn't necessarily think that equatesle drinking 45% more. it's that bars and restaurants have been closed so people drink at home instead. >> some people resort to unhealthy methods of coping. >> instead of going to the bars until 2:00 in the morning, i drink every night at my house. >> you don't feel like you're overdoing it? >> it is a good question. >> hard to fault people for seeking an outlet during the pandemic. a year later some health impacts starting to come to light. >> more and more we're seeing young people, as young as 20, come in with sorosis of the liver from alcohol. young adults, women and ethnic minorities. these are the groups who have had the most stress and burden from the pandemic. >> reporter: dr. brian lee is a and liver transplant specialist at keck hospital. he contributed to a pfizer foundation study that across the people with sorosis on average have a life expectancy of five years. >> reporter: lee says most people with sorosis don't have any symptoms. the only treatments are to quit drinking