All Stories. 1  After four years of tending bar at Centaurus, the most elite brothel in the sex-for-pay melee that is the recklessly beautiful city of Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Limas â 47 years old, pleasantly gruff and handsomely handlebar mustached â had become unfazeable.
Alcohol has two noticeable effects on the hypothalamus and pituitary gland, which influence sexual behavior and urinary excretion. Alcohol depresses the nerve centers in the hypothalamus that control sexual arousal and performance. As BAC increases, sexual behavior increases, but sexual performance declines.
Alcohol can also increase the release of beta-opioid-endorphins from the brain and stimulate prolactin release 53, both of which can negatively affect testosterone production. Oxidative damage increases thorough the body in response to alcohol consumption 54, this leading to localized reduction of testosterone in the gonads and also indirect reduction via increased cortisol levels.