That's sort of how it works. They sort the people who need a new liver by chance of surviving the operation, expected years to live, etc. Some alcoholic who's

That's sort of how it works. They sort the people who need a new liver by chance of surviving the operation, expected years to live, etc. Some alcoholic who's already worn out one liver won't score very high on that, so there'll be other people who rank higher. And then everyone waits. If that area then has a few weekends with many horrible traffic accidents, even the alcoholic might get a liver. But generally there are too few healthy organs and too many people waiting for them, and that alcoholic waits in vain.