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You need to know something about the cells and organic systems of the human body before you actually understand the effect of alcohol on our body. These cells and organs do not regularly work at full capacity. Like one of your kidneys can be completely removed without interfering with a normal life.
Even with about 90 percent of a normal liver removed, or a considerable portion of the brain taken out, a person can continue to perform the normal activities of life. The extra portions of the organs constitute a functional reserve for your body. Your body can go under considerable stress by drinking an excess of alcohol without your even being aware of what is going on inside.
The question as to how much alcohol the human body can cope with is very complex. Each person's capacity is different. What causes no problem for one person may be too much for another. Some persons experience adverse effects when they consume any alcohol at all. The body of a normal healthy adult can absorb and break down only one ounce of spirits or two ounces of fortified wine or four ounces of table wine or eight to ten ounces of beer in one hour.
If a person consumes more alcohol than his body can break down, his blood-alcohol level rises. At first he may feel relaxed, but an increase of alcohol in the bloodstream causes loss of good judgment and of emotional control. Then muscle coordination becomes impaired, and even more serious problems follow.
Most teen-agers would be affected adversely if they tried to imitate the drinking done by average adults. Because their body build is not that of an adult, they usually experience the sedative effects of alcohol more rapidly and to a greater extent.
Can it be assumed, though, that no harm will result to an adult so long as he spreads his drinks out over a period of time, consuming no more per hour than his body can handle? That does not necessarily hold true. There is a limit to what a person's body can safely handle in a day. Usually it is taken as 120 grams of alcohol for an adult as per a WHO report.