I can't urinate after drinking alcohol

I am female and have this problem when I drink beer. I was told years ago that it was good to drink a beer or two to flush your kidneys. I can no longer drink it at all because I don't urinate afterwards and swell the next day. It takes me about 4 days to recuperate. If you find out what this is please post.

I get this hellish thing a couple times a month.. That miserable, basically what feels like needing to hold your sphincter open so more pee dribbles out of it, along with stabbing pain when you try for the "spritz" at the end - has got to be the most debilitating, helpless feeling aside of a full blown migraine. "good" to hear I'm not the only one, fellas. I don't find it's directly associated with drinking.. I can polish off a bottle of wine without a problem, but this might be because I try and hydrate towards the end of a bottle. However if I engage in sex after alcohol it usually happens, makes me more prone to experience it.
Only things that seemed to work for me : drink as much water as you can right away and try to hold your pee for a little while longer so it settles down.. let's you at least pee a little, speeds up the process. Also try getting in the shower, it distracts your nervous system to the point it's bearable (this works great for headaches and stomach aches too)... usually the first place I head when I'm hurting.
I've been told it could be kidney stones, but I have no other abdominal pain and it seems too infrequent (sometimes gone months without the problem).
Any Doctors on here want to lend their prof-advice .

Cheers,
Dave in Portland