Exhibit 23

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM



We consent to the  incorporation by reference in this  Post-Effective  Amendment
No. 1 to  Registration  Statement  No.  333-121745  of Allstate  Life  Insurance
Company (the "Company") on Form S-3 of our report dated February 24, 2005 (which
report  expresses an unqualified  opinion and includes an explanatory  paragraph
relating  to a  change  in  method  of  accounting  for  certain  nontraditional
long-duration  contracts  and for  separate  accounts in 2004 and changes in the
methods  of  accounting  for  embedded   derivatives  in  modified   coinsurance
agreements  and  variable  interest  entities in 2003),  appearing in the Annual
Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended  December 31, 2004, to its
use in the  Statement  of  Additional  Information  (which  is  incorporated  by
reference  in the  prospectus  of the  Company),  which is part of  Registration
Statement No. 333-121691 of Allstate  Financial Advisors Separate Account I (the
"Account"),  to the use of our  report  dated  March 24,  2005  relating  to the
financial  statements  of the  Account  also  appearing  in  such  Statement  of
Additional Information and to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in
Exhibit 99(b) of Part II of this Registration Statement.


/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Chicago, Illinois
April 20, 2005