Your body on alcohol

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Mar 20, 2026, 5:02:17 PM (24 hours ago) Mar 20
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Here’s how drinking influences your biology.
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March 20, 2026

From the moment you take a sip of alcohol, drinking starts to have effects on your body.

An illustration of a man in a blue oval, drinking a beer. Small illustrations of alcohol’s effects on the body surround the center image.

Here’s an inside look.

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