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The physiological effects of alcohol on the human body Alcohol affects our body in many ways; initially it comes into contact with the mouth linings, oesophagus, stomach and intestine, where it acts as an irritant and"anaesthesia," (causing insensitivity to pain with or without loss of consciousness). Only 20% of ingested alcohol is absorbed through the intestinal linings directly into the blood stream, reaching every cell in the body. Alcohol "depresses," or slows down, the functioning of the body's cells and organs until they are less efficient. The brain, liver, heart, pancreas, lungs, kidneys, and every other organ and tissue system in the body are infiltrated by alcohol within minutes of it passing into the blood stream. After consumption alcohol is distributed throughout the body via a variety of systems; the circularatory system, the digestive system and the renal system being its main pathways. The body is very complex and every cell...

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