Sex, alcohol and drugs
SexSexAll acts that can sexually arouse you. Sex is more than sexual intercourse.…Read more and alcohol
Drinking before having sexSexThe biological fact of being a woman (girl) or a man (boy). Sometimes,…Read more also has negative effects. The more you drink, the stronger the effects:
- You have less control over yourself and you might do things that you do not want or do not agree to.
- You need more time to reach an orgasm and the orgasmOrgasmThe height of sexual arousal. It is an intensely pleasant feeling. All your…Read more is less strong.
- Your sexual desireSexual desireThe feeling that you would like to have sex. Someone can feel sexual…Read more and arousal can also decrease. This is often so for women.
- It is more difficult for men to keep an erectionErectionA hard penis. A man gets an erection when he is sexually aroused…Read more. Sometimes they are unable to.
- You are less focused on the riskRiskPossibility that something unpleasant may happen, for example a disease.Read more of STIs, HIVHIVA virus (human immunodeficiency virus) that affects the natural immune system. When someone…Read more and unintended pregnancyPregnancyThe time when a woman is expecting a baby. The pregnancy begins when…Read more. You might have unprotected sexUnprotected sexSexual contact where the partners do not use a condom or other contraception.…Read more.
Sex and drugs
Taking drugs influences your sexual experience too. Drugs often make you less able to control what you do and what you want to do. You have less control over yourself and the situation you are in.
When you share injectionInjectionWhen you have an injection, fluid (for example medicine or a liquid drug)…Read more material you can get infected with HIV. Always use your own material. Do not share it with other people.
Do not share used injection material.
Alcohol, drugs and fertility
If you regularly use drugs or drink alcohol over a long period, you can become less fertileFertileIf you are fertile, you are able to have a baby (if you…Read more.
Alcohol and drugs can have an effect on fertility, pregnancy and the development of a the foetusFoetusFertilized egg when showing the main features of a baby (after the 3rd month…Read more. For more information, you can visit the website of Jellinek (website in Dutch, English, Turkish and Arabic).
Protection against HIV, STIs and unintended pregnancyUnintended pregnancyWhen a woman is pregnant and did not plan to get pregnant. The…Read more
A condom protects against HIV and reduces the risk of infection with an STI.
To protect yourself against unintended pregnancy, you can use a condomCondomCovering of thin rubber that a man wears over his erect penis. A…Read more or another method of contraception.
Condom