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.
Contact : Dr Tango he is a Consultant Physician with facts and Figures Email-
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