You can die when you stop from complications arising out of de-tox. Namely very high blood pressure, which results in strokes and heart failure. If you are as physically dependent on alcohol as I was, you will wish you were dead during the first week or so.
Your liver can heal itself. Only total abstinence and time will tell. There is no set formula or time or even a guarantee that it will heal.
Why don't you want to discuss AA ? I tried everything, but it was AA that returned me to sanity.