The rapid heartbeat after drinking can be a normal or abnormal situation, depending on the specific situation, as follows: 1, normal: normal people after drinking alcohol, there will be a certain degree of accelerated heartbeat, mainly because alcohol into the body will make the brain excited, sympathetic nerve tension, as well as make the peripheral blood vessels dilate, caused by a drop in blood pressure, this increase in heart rate for temporary, with 2, abnormal: if after drinking alcohol, rapid arrhythmia occurs, or patients with organic heart disease, because of drinking alcohol to aggravate the heart disease, causing an accelerated heart rate, this is abnormal, need to actively control the relevant clinical conditions, to avoid the continuous accelerated heartbeat on the human body adverse effects.