Alcohol it is not digested like normal food. Once it reaches the stomach or small intestine it is directly absorbed into the blood stream. Within a few minutes the alcohol will affect your brain and all other organs, which depends on the individual's sex, body composition, prior food consumption and the amount of alcohol consumed. 

Alcohol dehydrogenase is an enzyme found primarily in our liver and stomach. It is responsible for the detoxification of alcohol. It converts ethanol initially into the toxin acetyl aldehyde. The latter is then broken down into acetic acid and converted to carbon dioxide and water. The rate of alcohol detoxification cannot be sped up