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. 333-121811 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. 333-121693 of Allstate Financial Advisors Separate Account I (the
"Account"), to the use of our report dated March 24, 2004 relating to the
financial statements of the Accou nt 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