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Alcohol in your system

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How Alcohol Impacts the Brain

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Alcohol affects nearly every organ in the body, from head to toe. Read on to learn more about the sometimes surprising way that alcohol affects our physical and mental health.

Alcohol & Health: Understanding Alcohol's Effects

Alcohol & Health

Quitting Alcohol

On average, the body can metabolize 14 grams of alcohol per hour, the amount found in one U.S. standard-sized drink. Does drinking water or coffee help alcohol leave your system?

How Long Does Alcohol Stay in Your System? Factors of Alcohol Metabolism Rate

Some of alcohol’s most significant effects occur in the brain.

How Alcohol Affects Your Brain

Alcohol can have temporary and long-term effects on your appearance, including physical signs like alcoholic face, alcohol bloat, aging skin, and damage to the face.

7 Signs Alcohol Affects Your Physical Appearance

Many people know that alcohol affects the liver, and that prolonged heavy drinking can cause liver damage.


7 Surprising Ways Alcohol Can Affect the Body

Drinking alcohol has many effects on the body. One of those effects is dehydration. 


Alcohol & Health: Understanding Alcohol's Effects

How Long Does Alcohol Stay in Your System? Factors of Alcohol Metabolism Rate

How Alcohol Affects Your Brain

7 Signs Alcohol Affects Your Physical Appearance

7 Surprising Ways Alcohol Can Affect the Body

Why Does Alcohol Dehydrate You? Tips to Minimize Dehydration and How to Rehydrate Quickly