A primary function of the liver is to detoxify the blood, a process which it accomplishes routinely and with utmost efficiency. One of the toxins that it cleanses from the blood is alcohol.
Intoxication is "...the point at which alcohol depresses the central nervous system so that mood, physical and mental abilities are noticeably changed."
Would it be fair to state, then, that alcohol intoxication is taking place when the liver is overwhelmed by any amount of alcohol so that it passes the blood-borne alcohol without detoxifying it, thus allowing that alcohol to depress the nervous system at some level?
Intoxication is "...the point at which alcohol depresses the central nervous system so that mood, physical and mental abilities are noticeably changed."
Would it be fair to state, then, that alcohol intoxication is taking place when the liver is overwhelmed by any amount of alcohol so that it passes the blood-borne alcohol without detoxifying it, thus allowing that alcohol to depress the nervous system at some level?