Unlike most food and drinks, alcohol does not need to be digested. This means that:

Question

Because it does not have to be digested, alcohol enters a person's bloodstream quickly and reaches the brain within minutes. It gets eliminated from the body at the relatively slow rate of about one drink per hour.

Accepted Answer

Within minutes of being consumed, the alcohol reaches the brain and begins to affect the drinker.

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It takes a long time to feel the effects of alcohol.

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Once it is in your system, your body gets rid of the alcohol quickly.