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husband is impotent

My husband is an active alcoholic and hasnt been able to maintain an erection for a year..he went to the dr for viagra hoping that it would cure him...
   But I cant help but think that there has to be something more seriously wrong with him and wonder why our family dr never investigated this matter further... I think that there is something wrong because you cant drink every day for 8 years without having consequences to your body..eventually things have got to show up and i think that they already are ...
    Before that he was a heavy binge drinker... I know that there is something going on and I think he will have it looked into when something else shows up but it takes allot to get him to go to the dr.
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134578 tn?1693250592
Have you gone to Al-Anon?  (The part of A.A. that is for the family)?  People there will be able to give you a lot of helpful answers.
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Also, excessive alcohol would reverse the effect from Viagra. So I suggest no alcohol for a week and then take the Viagra (with no alcohol involved) to see if he gets a better erection.
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Well I use to drink alcohol a lot in my younger days, I'm now 33 years, and now too much alcohol would definitely slow down my erections. So alcohol could definitely be playing a part in your sex life.

However, we won't know if that's the only issue unless your husband stops drinking alcohol for at least a week to see if that gives him better erections.

If after a week and still no erections, he needs to visit a doctor and determine if everything is normal or some underlying medical condition.
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