Drinking may help break the ice, but it can also
land you in trouble. Ever had trouble getting an
erection? Woken up in bed with the wrong
person? Or had to run to the pharmacy for
emergency contraception?
Alcohol has dual effect on people's sex lives.
Small amounts of it reduce shyness, making it
easier for people to meet up. It can help men
and women to relax and chat more easily. A
cocktail or a glass of wine can make you feel
more romantic, and less uptight about sex. It
can even liven up the time spent between the
sheets.
So much for the good news. Unfortunately, the
list of negative effects is way longer, especially
when the drinks are a bit too many. So all of
our top five facts read like reasons to stay off
the bottle when it comes to sex, romance and
making babies.
1.The beer goggle effect
“Oh my god what have I done?!” Have you ever
had this feeling when you’ve woken up after a
night of heavy drinking? You might be thinking
about the person you made out with at the bar.
Or even the person in bed next to you.
Yes, it’s been proven that when blood alcohol is
high, people start seeing others as more
attractive than they really are. You can make
advances and even start affairs you later regret.
Once you’re stone cold sober, that new partner
can looks way less desirable or appropriate
than they did when you were wearing your
‘beer goggles’.
2.Alcohol droop
It's easy to lose control, especially when you
think that a glass or two can bring down
shyness and help a flirt. But once you get past
the tipsy stage and get properly drunk, once you
get between the sheets you might regret that
tipple too many.
Excessive drinking can stop you getting and
effective erections – no matter how turned on
you are. Many young men aren’t aware of that
because they think alcohol boosts horniness.
But as Shakespeare put it: “It provokes the
desire, but it takes away the performance.”
With women, alcohol can again be a mood
enhancer, making them feel more relaxed and
in turn more sexual. But there are studies
showing that too many drinks can make it
harder for women to climax or reduce the
intensity of their orgasm.
3.Riskier sex life
Alcohol makes people engage in unwise sex –
with the wrong person or without proper
contraception. This can lead to unplanned
pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and to
starting affairs that cause relationship break-
ups. No wonder why on Saturday, Sunday and
Monday mornings there’s a massive demand for
emergency contraception, or the ‘morning-after
pill’.
4.Bad for sperm
Recent studies show that there’s a damaging
relation between drinking the last five days and
semen quality and reproductive hormones – the
higher amounts of alcohol, the poorer the
quality of the sperm. And it leads to a
hormonal balance shift that can affect sperm
too.
5.Harmful to unborn babies
You are pregnant – congratulations! And now
you start rewinding the night of conception and
getting preoccupied whether you had a drink or
two. Don't worry about that. At present we
don’t know if drinking before conceiving can be
bad for the baby.
But once women know that they’re expecting,
they have to stay away from alcohol. Alcohol
easily get into the unborn baby’s bloodstream.
So if the mother drinks, the baby drinks too.
This can stop the baby’s brain from developing.
And heavy drinking can cause birth defects. It's
hard to say if one drink can harm the baby, but
as soon as women have two glasses of alcohol a
day, their babies are born a bit smaller than
normal. So the only safe advice is don’t drink
alcohol when you’re pregnant.
land you in trouble. Ever had trouble getting an
erection? Woken up in bed with the wrong
person? Or had to run to the pharmacy for
emergency contraception?
Alcohol has dual effect on people's sex lives.
Small amounts of it reduce shyness, making it
easier for people to meet up. It can help men
and women to relax and chat more easily. A
cocktail or a glass of wine can make you feel
more romantic, and less uptight about sex. It
can even liven up the time spent between the
sheets.
So much for the good news. Unfortunately, the
list of negative effects is way longer, especially
when the drinks are a bit too many. So all of
our top five facts read like reasons to stay off
the bottle when it comes to sex, romance and
making babies.
1.The beer goggle effect
“Oh my god what have I done?!” Have you ever
had this feeling when you’ve woken up after a
night of heavy drinking? You might be thinking
about the person you made out with at the bar.
Or even the person in bed next to you.
Yes, it’s been proven that when blood alcohol is
high, people start seeing others as more
attractive than they really are. You can make
advances and even start affairs you later regret.
Once you’re stone cold sober, that new partner
can looks way less desirable or appropriate
than they did when you were wearing your
‘beer goggles’.
2.Alcohol droop
It's easy to lose control, especially when you
think that a glass or two can bring down
shyness and help a flirt. But once you get past
the tipsy stage and get properly drunk, once you
get between the sheets you might regret that
tipple too many.
Excessive drinking can stop you getting and
effective erections – no matter how turned on
you are. Many young men aren’t aware of that
because they think alcohol boosts horniness.
But as Shakespeare put it: “It provokes the
desire, but it takes away the performance.”
With women, alcohol can again be a mood
enhancer, making them feel more relaxed and
in turn more sexual. But there are studies
showing that too many drinks can make it
harder for women to climax or reduce the
intensity of their orgasm.
3.Riskier sex life
Alcohol makes people engage in unwise sex –
with the wrong person or without proper
contraception. This can lead to unplanned
pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and to
starting affairs that cause relationship break-
ups. No wonder why on Saturday, Sunday and
Monday mornings there’s a massive demand for
emergency contraception, or the ‘morning-after
pill’.
4.Bad for sperm
Recent studies show that there’s a damaging
relation between drinking the last five days and
semen quality and reproductive hormones – the
higher amounts of alcohol, the poorer the
quality of the sperm. And it leads to a
hormonal balance shift that can affect sperm
too.
5.Harmful to unborn babies
You are pregnant – congratulations! And now
you start rewinding the night of conception and
getting preoccupied whether you had a drink or
two. Don't worry about that. At present we
don’t know if drinking before conceiving can be
bad for the baby.
But once women know that they’re expecting,
they have to stay away from alcohol. Alcohol
easily get into the unborn baby’s bloodstream.
So if the mother drinks, the baby drinks too.
This can stop the baby’s brain from developing.
And heavy drinking can cause birth defects. It's
hard to say if one drink can harm the baby, but
as soon as women have two glasses of alcohol a
day, their babies are born a bit smaller than
normal. So the only safe advice is don’t drink
alcohol when you’re pregnant.
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