He was 22, drunk, and couldn’t get an erection. That night followed him for the next decade.
In this episode of Sex Advice for Seniors, Tom Jenkins, author of The Drunk Gambler with Erectile Dysfunction, joins me for one of the most honest conversations I’ve had about ED.
We get into addiction, performance Anxiety, why Cialis wasn’t the answer, and the Lifestyle overhaul that actually worked.
Tom’s story is younger than my usual guests, but the patterns he describes- shame, silence, treating the symptom instead of the cause show up at every age.
If you’ve been too embarrassed to have this conversation, this is a good place to start.
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I'm Suzanne Noble - writer, entrepreneur and podcaster.
I’m the author of the bestselling erotic memoir The Butcher, the Baker, the Candlestick Maker and The Not So Invisible Woman, which explores sex, visibility and reinvention later in life.
I’m the co‑founder of Advantages of Age, a social enterprise created to challenge media narratives around ageing. As part of this work, I also co‑founded Startup School for Seniors, an award‑winning initiative supporting later‑life entrepreneurship. This work has been recognised by the Euclid Network, which named me one of the Top 100 Women in Social Enterprise, and by UnLtd, where I received both the Do It Award and Grow It Award.
Separately, I run Sex Advice for Seniors, a Substack bestseller and chart‑topping podcast with hundreds of thousands of downloads.
I’ve also been a finalist for the Exceptional Achievement Award from the Silver Marketing Association, named Startacus Self‑Starter of the Year, and shortlisted for Techpreneur of the Year.
My writing and work have been featured in The Times, Forbes, The Telegraph, BBC, BuzzFeed, Financial Times and The Guardian, amongst others.
