The Surprising Highs and Lows of Sex and Love(?) Under the Influence feat. Sarah Levy

LOVERS by Shan

Lemonada Media

Relationships, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Sexuality

5.0 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Are drinking games for lovers or losers? Does alcohol make sex better and wetter or dryer and dimmer? A study by Kathryn Lakeland of Femfresh found that 75 per cent of women said they liked to drink before getting into bed with their husband or boyfriend. In this episode we ask those in the 75 per cent to examine if this is a powerful or limiting decision.Many share that alcohol makes them feel confident, flirty and powerful, but also less aware, less excited and more prone to regrettable decisions. My guest on this episode, ‘Drinking Games’ Author, Sarah Levy once described being drunk on dates as a mandatory activity that made her feel like she had warm honey in her veins. Now, she is 5 years sober and ready to tell the world why. In this episode, I am also joined by licensed therapist Erica Lubetkin who specializes in anxiety and addiction. Erica breaks down how alcohol can momentarily spike dopamine in your system, but the lasting effects are not so good. This podcast is intended to spark hard-to-have conversations in your romantic and sexual life that lead to powerful shifts. I genuinely believe this episode delivers on that promise because we are talking about some powerful shit - alcohol. Thanks to the sponsor of this episode, Better Help! Visit http://Betterhelp.com/lovers for 10% off your first month. http://Betterhelp.com/LOVERSFollow Shan: http://instagram.com/shanboodyhttp://tiktok.com/shanboodyhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSE2Lr9RfYXiFtiX1jk5qngloversfriendspodcast@gmail.comFollow Sarah: https://www.instagram.com/sarahllevyhttps://www.tiktok.com/@sarahllevyhttps://www.sarahllevy.com/Follow Erica: https://ericalubetkin.com/https://www.instagram.com/erica.lubetkinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What was your this or that moment? Like, it's either I continue alcohol in this or I stop right now so I can have that.
0:07.7	Yeah. My boss at the startup that I was working at was having some people over for dinner at his apartment. And so I went and there was wine. And I told myself I was only going to have a couple of glasses. And we finished dinner and then someone brought out a bottle of
0:21.2	whiskey and I told myself I would only have one and I remember there was a point in the night
0:26.0	I looked in the mirror and I was like this is the point where you should go home like you're done
0:30.5	and then there was another voice that was like a little bit louder that was also my voice that
0:35.0	was like no you should stay like you can show your boss how fun you are, you know?
0:40.3	And I had some feelings for him that were a little bit romantic.
0:46.4	And that was like one of my last memories from that night.
0:49.9	And I woke up the next morning next to his best friend.
1:05.1	Lovers and friends. I'm going to take morning next to his best friend. Welcome to Lovers and friends, a podcast about intimacy.
1:09.4	The purpose of this podcast is to spark hard to have conversations
1:13.0	in your romantic and sexual life that lead to powerful shifts. And I genuinely believe that this
1:19.6	episode delivers on that premise because we're talking about some powerful shit. Alcohol.
1:26.0	And if you don't consider liquor powerful, then I think you got a lot to
1:29.9	learn today. Side note, I just want to put this disclaimer out there, okay? I don't know a damn
1:35.1	thing about alcohol. I don't drink. I don't make drinks. And as a result, I'm not entirely
1:39.9	sure of liquor is another word for alcohol or like a specific brand that we're talking about.
1:45.1	You know what I'm saying?
1:45.6	Like is booze, drank, syser, grandpa's old cough medicine, sauce?
1:51.1	Like are all those things saying the same thing?
1:53.9	Are they describing different sub things of alcohol?
1:56.6	Like I said, much to learn.
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