According to Dr. Brinton, mental acuteness, accuracy of conception, and delicacy of the senses, are all so far opposed by the action of alcohol, as that the maximum efforts of each are  incompatible  with the ingestion of any moderate quantity of fermented liquid. Indeed, there is scarcely any calling which demands skillful and exact effort of mind and body, or which requires the balanced exercise of many faculties that does not illustrate this rule. The mathematician, the gambler, the metaphysician, the billiard-player, the author, the artist, the physician, would, if they could analyze their experience aright, generally concur in the statement, that  a single glass will often suffice to take , so to speak,  the edge off both mind and body , and to reduce their capacity to something below what is relatively their perfection of work.

The said statement refers to the fact that even a single glass or a bottle of any alcoholic drinks could cause our body and minds to be distracted and kept off its normal processes.

The perfect example for this is an accident that happened a few days ago in a highway, a bus driver avoids collision with a truck making the bus bump into a post. The incident killed 10 people including bystanders. The truck driver made it alive and according to his statement he had 1 bottle of beer before going on with his trip.

Even with one glass or bottle your perception and control over your senses is already affected.

STOMACH. The stomach is the organ that digests the food that we eat. Alcohol inhibits the stomach to produce enough natural digestive fluid and fails to absorb and digest properly the food. There is also nausea emptiness, abdominal distention and dyspepsia which leads to loss of appetite for food and is more tempted to drink to ease the feeling.

LIVER. Frequent use of alcohol causes the liver to deteriorate. The liver has the capacity to hold and store substances, dangerous or not. In this case, alcohol is stored in the liver of an alcoholic which makes the person always influenced by it.

Proper dialysis and secretion of the liver is affected by alcohol. The vessels of the liver become dilated and there is a thickening of the tissues. Due to this, the membrane contracts and the organ shrink. Fatty liver may also occur because the liver is not functioning properly thus the fatty cells go into the liver.

KIDNEY. Excessive consumption of alcohol also has an effect on the kidney. Due to the alcohol, the kidneys lose its elasticity and its power to contract. Albumin from the blood easily passes through the membranes.

LUNGS. The lung vessels relax due to alcohol plus they are easily exposed to temperature variations which makes the lungs congested which may lead to death in alcohols especially during cold seasons.

HEART. Alcohol affects the heart by changing and thickening the membranes that surround the heart making them cartilaginous or calcareous. The heart valves lose their suppleness and the blood vessels lose its elasticity.

Because of the tissue changes that the heart has undergone, the muscular fiber are replaced by fatty cells or transferred into a modified muscular texture where the contraction power is reduced.

Because of the organ changes or deteriorations an alcoholic person experiences, they feel a “sinking” feeling due to organ power failure but they know that alcohol and other stimulants can help relieve the sensation.