57: The Surprising Highs and Lows of Sex and Love(?) Under the Influence feat. Sarah Levy
Lovers and Friends with Shan Boodram
Lovers and Friends with Shan Boodram
5 • 5.5K Ratings
🗓️ 18 January 2023
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
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.
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| 0:00.0 | What was your this or that moment? |
| 0:02.1 | Like, it's either I continued alcohol in this |
| 0:05.2 | or I stopped right now so I can have that. |
| 0:07.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:08.5 | My boss at the startup that I was working at |
| 0:11.0 | was having some people over for dinner at his apartment |
| 0:13.5 | and so I went and there was wine |
| 0:15.4 | and I told myself I was only gonna have a couple of glasses |
| 0:18.1 | and we finished dinner and then someone brought out a bottle of whiskey |
| 0:21.9 | and I told myself I would only have one. |
| 0:24.2 | And I remember there was a point in the night |
| 0:26.2 | I looked in the mirror and I was like, |
| 0:27.6 | this is the point where you should go home. |
| 0:29.6 | Like, you're done. |
| 0:30.8 | And then there was another voice that was like a little bit louder |
| 0:33.6 | that was also my voice that was like, |
| 0:35.6 | no, you should stay. |
| 0:37.5 | 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 |
| 0:46.3 | 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. |
| 0:53.5 | I'm gonna take you on a trip baby, I don't pretend I say. |
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