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When you consume alcohol, 20 percent of it immediately passes through your stomach walls into the bloodstream. The remaining 80 percent goes to the small intestine where it slowly finds its way into your blood. The body is designed to eliminate approximately one half ounce of alcohol per hour. If the average person drinks more rapidly, the alcohol content in the blood increases and the intoxicating effects of the drug experienced. Once alcohol enters the bloodstream, it enters all of your body's organs within minutes. This is due to the small and simple molecular structure of alcohol, which allows it to pass easily through cell membranes. Alcohol in the blood stream adversely affects the brain, liver, heart, pancreas, sex hormones, kidneys and lungs.