The body metabolizes alcohol at the rate of approximately 1/3 ounce of pure alcohol per hour. Nothing can be done to speed that up. If you chug one ounce of 190 proof (and are able to keep it down) it will take three hours to clear it from your body; six hours for two ounces, etc. This translates to about two 12-0z. beers in three hours.
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The number of hours that alcohol will stay in your system will vary with the amount consumed. On average one unit of alcohol is broken down by the body in an hour.
Hard alohol and soft alcohol is very much the same, if you drink enough of it! If you are addicted to alcohol you will feel the symptoms in under 24 hours