Just watched this. Very difficult to watch. My father and DH's father have both died from cirrhosis, as has BiL's partner. It's true what the guy with the drain said about not feeling ill -FiL used to say "I can't be dying, I feel fine", even as he was having 10 litres of fluid drained from his belly every fortnight. I'll bet the house that guy in the programme is dead now.
When FiL got his diagnosis we were told that absent a transplant, all cirrhosis patients are dead in five years and most in two. FiL lived exactly two years. This was a man who was never drunk, but always drinking. It's insidious, stealthy. I feel for young Joe, death is in his eyes. He won't make it.
BiL's partner died of the ruptured varices - vomited blood for weeks until he collapsed, literally exsanguinated. Horrible, horrible end and worse for BiL who was there when it happened.
DH and I are almost teetotal now. Very occasional glass of wine with a meal, never drink in the house. ETOH is poison - that's what you're putting into your body.