Christmas tiiiiime is heeeere, which means lots of boozy holiday parties, visiting friends, meeting new ones, etc etc etc, all which leads to inevitable hook ups. But if you’re planning (or hoping) to meet a booty call at the bars this season, pay attention: drinking too much can cause you to seriously LACK in the SACK. 

Via”The Drs” from  Huffington Post:

To get a satisfying medical explanation for alcohol-related erectile dysfunction, you have to understand just how complicated the process of getting an erection can be, said Mike Bohl,a senior medical writer at Health Guide from Roman, a digital clinic for men’s health.

“First, there has to be sexual arousal, which requires concentration,” he told HuffPost. “Second, the brain needs to effectively send signals to the penis to tell it what to do. Third, there needs to be enough blood in the body to fill the penis, which is why it’s important to stay hydrated. And fourth, the blood vessels need to relax, allowing blood to rush into the penis.”

Alcohol has the ability to impede every step in that process, Bohl said.

“First, being intoxicated may make it more difficult to concentrate or be coordinated,” he said. “Second, alcohol is known as a central nervous system depressant, which means it slows down the electrical activity in the brain and nerves. Third, alcohol is dehydrating ? think about how much you pee when you drink ? your body is losing a lot of volume.”

And fourth, drinking alcohol affects the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in the body: “This is a fancy way of saying alcohol can make the blood vessels constrict, which is the opposite of what you want when you are trying to get an erection,” Bohl said.

Even if you’re able to rise to the occasion, you’re not out of the dick-debilitating woods: Too much alcohol can also make it harder to climax, for some of the reasons mentioned above.

Lesson learned – if you meet up with your OBC fling at a bar, watch your intake, or you could find yourself working with a limp biskit, ifyaknowwhatwemean.