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How Alcohol Affects Erections | The Hidden Risks Explained
Episode 24918th February 2025 • Sexual Health For Men • Dr. Anne Truong
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Is your nightcap turning into a nightmare in the bedroom? We're spilling the tea (or should we say, spilling the wine?) on the hidden ways alcohol might be affecting your performance between the sheets. While a little liquid courage can be helpful, overdoing it can lead to some seriously unsexy side effects.

In this episode, we're diving deep into the science behind alcohol's impact on your sexual health and giving you the tips and tricks you need to keep things hot and heavy.

Don't let your love life fall flat. Tune in now and discover how to keep the passion alive!

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This podcast is for you, the Modern Man. I'm Dr Anne Truong,

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your host. I'm an intimate health medical doctor and best

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selling author of the book, Erectile Dysfunction Fix. I'll

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do a deep dive into sexual health and performance and how

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it affects men of all ages and backgrounds. So let's get

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started, and be sure to visit my website at

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resources from the show. See you on the inside.

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Hello there, Modern Man. Ever wonder why does alcohol affect

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your erection? Well, let's dive into it today and stay until the

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end, and you will find out something that you didn't know

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that alcohol affects. So let's dive into it. I'm Dr Anne

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Truong. I'm a medical doctor specialized in sexual medicine.

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We know that alcohol kind of relaxes you. You take one drink,

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relaxes you. That's great. It may even make you be relaxed.

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That's probably why it helps you in the mood for sex and your

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libido. But do you know that there are short term effects of

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alcohol that really affect your erection? Number one, you're

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going to notice that when you drink alcohol that is too much,

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you're going to get something called Whiskey Dick because

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alcohol lowers your blood pressure and it interferes with

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signal between the brain and the penis that's needed for

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erection. And sometimes it also dull your sensation, your

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sensitivity as well. Number two, it reduces your sensitivity, and

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therefore it kind of makes sexual activity less pleasurable

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or even effective, and that's what lead to number three,

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alcohol affect delay and inhibited orgasm, because

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drinking makes it harder to reach orgasm, and also can

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affect delay ejaculation. Number four, the most important part is

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that alcohol creates a weaker erection. Even if you can

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achieve an erection, it may not be as firm due to impaired blood

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flow.

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Now, long term effects, meaning if you drink more than three

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drinks a day, been doing it for years. Long term is that you

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will have erectile dysfunction, meaning there are damage to the

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blood vessels and nerve which a condition called alcoholic

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neuropathy, that lead to long term ED. And then alcohol, long

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term, can also lower your libido, because it reduces

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testosterone level and therefore decrease sexual desire. Number

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three, it also shrink your sexual organ. Yes, prolonged

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alcohol abuse can lead to testicle shrinkage and reduced

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penis size due to lower hormone imbalances. Number four, chronic

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alcohol use can make your testicle and your penis smaller

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due to hormone imbalances. So that's something very, very

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important, isn't it? You don't want your manhood to be smaller,

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but long term alcohol will affect that. You can also

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experience issues like premature ejaculation or even delay

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orgasm, along with ED as well too.

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Let's talk about how much is too much well, like I've always said

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two drinks a day is probably good, and you can actually do

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okay. If you do two drinks a day, that's about 14 drinks a

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week. So two drinks a day may not affect your erectile

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function. However, three or more drinks a day, or 12 grams of

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ethanol, can significantly increase your risk of ED. So

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what is considered a typical standard drink? A standard drink

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is defined as 12 ounce of regular beer, which is 5%

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alcohol, 5 ounce of wine which is 12% alcohol, and 1.5 ounce of

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distilled spirit which usually contains about 40% alcohol. And

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so that's one standard drink. So you're allowed two beers a day,

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or three ounces of spirit, or 10 ounces of wine a day. So I'm

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just kind of doubling the ounces in beer, wine, and spirit. So

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that's kind of like your allotment. You go more than

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that, you know you're going to experience whiskey dick. So I

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wanted to kind of do a video, kind of explain to you how

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alcohol can affect your erection, and in the beginning,

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maybe the first one, help you relax, help you be more social.

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And then more than that is going to affect your performance that

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night. So just be aware of it. And that alcohol can also affect

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the absorption of ED medication as well. It will make it even

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less effective because it numbs the nerve and it also decreased

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the blood flow. You don't want that. If you want to get an

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erection, you gotta have increased blood flow.

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So there you go. You got some allowances for alcohol for the

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night, and just know that imbibing too much will probably

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affect your performance as well. I hope you find this helpful.

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Click the subscribe button and also like and share this with

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someone you know that may benefit from this as well. I'm

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much appreciative if you can do that. And just know that you do

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not have to live with ED. There are other alternative to ED and

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that you do not have to take medication or even do surgery.

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So check out our modern man club. It's a space where I will

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coach you out of ED to sexual confidence, and you are in with

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a group of other men supporting you that's grown to the same

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space for you to get out of ED to sexual confidence. So check

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it out at noedman.com and I will see you in there. Also check out

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some of the resources down below. For the Good Morning Wood

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Smoothie, which increases your testosterone, and also it's an

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antioxidant, and therefore increasing blood flow. And also

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check out the Mediterranean diet, which is a diet that will

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help with increasing blood flow. So check out the resources

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there. I love to hear what you think about this episode. So

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having said that, thank you for tuning in, and I will see you in

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the next episode, Modern Man.

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