Sex, alcohol and drugs

If you drink alcohol, you can feel more like having sex and you feel fewer restraints.

Drinking before having sex also has negative effects. The more you drink, the stronger the effects:

• You think less about the risk of getting STIs, HIV or an unintended pregnancy. You might have unprotected sex. Use a condom during sex.
• You are less in control and could experience things you may not want or agree to.
• You need more time to have an orgasm and the orgasm is less strong. 
• Your sexual desire and arousal can also decrease. This is often so for women.
• It is harder for a man to get an erection. Sometimes he cannot get one at all.

Taking drugs influences your sexual experience too. 

When you share injection material you can get infected with HIV. Always use your own material. Do not share it with other people.