a large vessel called the portal vein and through that into the liver liver is very close by and therefore especially at risk because a lot of alcohol flows directly from the stomach into the liver through that. the liver eliminates almost all the alcohol and detox advise the body what account breakdown goes to the brain. within minutes the alcohol reaches the cerebrum 'd the organ responsible for thought processes 'd decision making and emotions. 'd intoxication depresses the central nervous system making the nerve cells working stream and slowly the brain is unable to cope. alcohol attack the main control center beating eventually to complete collapse. alcohol also puts a strain on the heart a survey of $3000.00 beer drinkers each with a blood alcohol level of around 0.8 showed that one in 3 gets kartik arrhythmia.