Alcohol is broken down by 2 enzymes, the first is alcohol dehydrogenase and the second is aldehyde dehydrogenase. These two enzymes convert alcohol into carboxylic acids which can be removed in the...
The body can metabolize and otherwise eliminate alcohol at the rate of about .015 of blood alcohol concentration (BAC) per hour. That equals about one standard drink per hour.
The alcohol causes dehydration in your body and makes you twice as thirsty. In most cases, when you are at the bar and drink too much beer, you get thirsty and drink more beer. Then you pass out.
It can take up to two years for whatever healing is going to happen. Sometimes, one never gets completely back to normal physically or neurologically, depending on the damage caused by the drinking....