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writes:So I've noticed that whenver I drink I cannot get an erection.I'm just shy of 18 so I figure this shouldn't be happening to me yet, and I've already talked to my buddies and they don't have the same problem.But I cannot even drink a few beers without losing my ability to have an erection, I lose my ability to do so long before I even get drunk, so I'm wondering if this is normal, if not is there anyway I could get a prescription from my doctor to help me out here or something? It tends to be a pretty big mood killer, and it's also fairly embarassing, so any advice you guys have wopuld be highly appreciated.
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reader, anonymous, writes (13 June 2008): I never did get to grips with Shakespeare, but the problem is commonly known as Brewers' Droop or alternatively Distillers' Dangle and is a well-known side effect of too much booze. Just a little of it can be beneficial though.
I guess the moral of all this is that if you're expecting to get your leg over later in the evening, drink alcohol in moderation and take some water with it.
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reader, Uncle Sneaker  +, writes (13 June 2008):
 Yes it's normal. It affects different people to different degrees. Alcohol quite definitely decreases the ability to "perform"!
In fact, this is something that's been written about by someone very knowledgable about such matters, many, many years ago, and well worth quoting:
The Porter's Scene from Macbeth, by William Shakespeare:
Macduff: What three things does drink especially provoke?
Porter: Marry, sir, nose-painting, sleep, and urine. Lechery, sir, it provokes, and unprovokes; it provokes
the desire, but it takes away the performance. Therefore, much drink may be said to be an equivocator with lechery: it makes him, and it mars him; it sets him on, and it takes him off; it persuades him, and disheartens him; makes him stand to, and not stand to; in conclusion, equivocates him in a sleep, and, giving him the lie, leaves him.
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reader, anonymous, writes (13 June 2008): Not normal for a few drinks.Whiskey-dick usually only happens when you've consumed enough alcohol to knock you out, alcohol being the sedative that it is.If it is worrisome, go to your Doctor and talk to them about it, who knows you might save yourself some heartache if it really is something bad.Flynn 24
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reader, anonymous, writes (13 June 2008): Hey! At least the whole "stupid drunk decisions" thing doesn't apply to you. Consider yourself immune. ;)Really though, Alcohol affects your body's blood pressure, heartbeat stability, hormone levels, and proness to becoming lethargic, among other things. One of those is effecting your ability to bring blood to that area, and you should go to the hospital, get a standard physical checkup, and stop drinking before close encounters.
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