You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart episode 212.

Whether you want to drink less or stop drinking,

this podcast will help you change the habit from the inside out.

We're challenging conventional wisdom about why people drink,

and why it can be hard to resist temptation.

No labels, no judgment, just practical tools to take control of your desire

and stop worrying about your drinking.

Now here's your host, Rachel Hart.

Well, hello everyone.

We're going to talk about sex today, specifically the impact of alcohol on your sex life.

And what happens to your sex life?

What happens to intimacy when you start to change your relationship with alcohol?

I think this is such an important issue,

and I think that it's something that is so widely misunderstood.

So, culturally, there is a widespread idea that alcohol is an afrodigia.

It's something that increases sexual desire and boosts your libido,

and it leads to better, less inhibited sex.

That was certainly my experience.

That's what I believed for a very long time.

And the idea of sober sex, where I was not buzzed at all,

especially with someone that I had never had sex with before,

I will tell you that was not appealing for me,

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