How does your body deal with too much alcohol?

According to most of the websites I've read, your body can process 1 unit of alcohol per hour. Many alcoholics report drinking more than a litre of spirits a day, that would be about 40 units. So what happens to the 16 units that your body apparently can't process?How does your body deal with too much alcohol?
You throw it up.How does your body deal with too much alcohol?
u throw it up or pee it out
Heavy drinkers develop an ';alternative'; metabolism pathway known a M.E.O.S. Or ';Microsomal Ethanol Oxidizing System';. This form of alcohol metabolism is not healthy and is the reason why light drinking is good for you, while heavy drinking is bad for you.



M.E.O.S creates a lot of free radicals including acetaldehyde, faster than your body can process them. NAC or N-Acetyl Cysteine, available in most vitamin shops or on line can help your body deal with these free radicals (and also prevent hangovers quite well). There is also a supplement called PPC, a polyunsaturated lecithin that can ';down regulate'; M.E.O.S, and protect your liver from alcoholic damage.