Alcohol is a small water soluble molecule that's absorbed rapidly from the gastrointestinal tract but whose absorption is delayed by presence of food in the stomach. Because of its relative ease of crossing biological membranes, CNS concentrations rapidly rises in tandem with rising blood levels.
Pssst! Do not drink on an empty stomach.
The amount metabolized is constant per unit time and is proportional to body weight. The average adult rate of ethanol elimination is an equivalent of 1 beer/ hr or 1 tot of distilled 80-proof spirits. This type of elimination causes alcohol accumulation to toxic levels . . .
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