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Out Of It

What you take, how much, and what you mix it with, You yourself.

What if you do have sex when you're out of it ?

Playing it safe and having a good time.

"It's your decision, it's your life, it's your choice"

Most of us like to have a good time, and for many people using drugs or alcohol is sometimes part of that.

"I mean it's part of our society, you can't sort of hide it away and pretend that it doesn't exist or happen, cos it does." Simon 17

For some people it can help them to relax and feel more social.

".. I mean if you're drinking you can just talk and say whatever you feel like saying, it doesn't matter because you don't feel dumb about it, unless of course you're really really drunk, and then you can really embarrass yourself because you just end up talking crap" Josie 15

".. it doesn't make you happy though, I mean it just removes your head from the scene, so like if you're basically feeling good you'll feel good, but like if you're aggro, you just end up being more aggro" Muz 18

So how do drugs and alcohol affect our choices about sex?

"For a lot of people the main aspect of going to a party is to get it on with someone, to have sex, their expectation is to get stoned, wasted, get drunk, and hopefully get laid, for some people anyway" Adrian 16

"I reckon that what happens is people get drunk and then they don't really know what they're doing, and they end up having sex, you know, with whoever" Natalie 14

"Sometimes you know if you've had too much you might not stick to the boundaries that you normally have, so like you might be more open to suggestion and just say oh well what the hell" Rawinia 16

"..it's more like a cover up, a kind of excuse for if you want to do something at the time you think you might be kind of embarrassed or hassled about later" Salina 17

"yeah sure but people who are out of it aren't going to be able to put a condom on properly are they, I mean if you're drunk you probably won't even think about it" Patrick 16