Consider your own experiences, as they will help in answering your question. Has sex been fun, memorable and a source of pleasure? Has it been consensual? If you answered “no” to any of these, it could mean that it’s time to take a different approach to alcohol and how it affects your relationships and sense of self worth. On the surface it can seem like alcohol makes everything easier. Drinking can make shy people outgoing, the inexperienced seem seasoned and the demure act daring. But mixing alcohol and sex also comes at a price. The judgment skills that we take for granted when we are sober are drowned out, leading to decisions that can compromise our health and safety.