 [ Symptoms ] i just had a jet black poop could this be from drinking a lot of beer i feel fine right now  as i mentioned above i do have gerd lately though i have had good brown poops this is the first time i have had one this dark i generally know when my gerd is bad because i will deal with a burning stomach heartburn and bad acid reflux this is the main reason why i think it was caused by the beer i did drink a lot since it was my twenty first birthday mainly budweiser [ Disease ] the birth control pill alone offers you excellent protection against an unintentional pregnancy but offers you no protection against sexually transmitted disease even the most honest and trustworthy males can have an undisclosed sexual transgression with another person exposing them to an std this std can spread to you temporary break ups arguments and a dozen other reasons may give a boy the implied permission to have sex with someone else they may only disclose this transgression after you are diagnosed with an std humans tend to lie about these things i do not know you or your boyfriend but in order to protect yourself from a possible std no matter how unlikely this may be insist on him using a condom for your protection the added contraceptive value is another plus since no contraceptive method is 100 given the non negotiable choice of no sex or sex only with a condom a male partner will use a condom recreational sex is your personal choice but an std or unintentional pregnancy is always a possibility