do alcoholics have a low sex drive?
954764
i think they actually have a higher sex drive. but they also have a lower attention span, which might make it hard to remember that they want to have sex. lol
510035
chocolate, alchohol and sex
1142293
Yes. I've heard from personal stories. Everybody's different. He may be one with low sex drive, or yours higher. Could even be psycological issues, though I don't think that is usually the case. Happy bed time!
588945
Having a sex drive and being turned on are normal parts of sexuality. People have different levels of sex drives — some have higher drives and some have lower. Counselors consider a person to be having "too much sex" if their sex life interferes with the daily activities of their lives — getting to school, to work, meeting friends, etc. Not many people have that problem.
718352
Depends.  I am 44 and still resisting every hour.\nYou can tell if the following is true.\n\nIt gets in the way of normal living (compared to other people)\n\nThe pursute of sex harms your work,(missing work or office affairs) home ( affairs or sex without love) or social life (hitting on lady friends or buddies ladies)\n \nYou masterbate more than once a day or to a point of pain or beyond that.\n\nYou sleep with women well below what you think attractive and as soon as you get off, you want to run.\n\nSex releases a hormone in your brain as powerful as heroin, so other than living by a dumpster, you are likely living the life of a junkie.
665167
Uhm, sorry but you're wrong. After menopause, they regain sex drive, but many are in commited relationships and their men have no sex drive or are unable to perform.
1170895
Yes, it's normal.  A lot of times alcoholics will start craving sweets because it's thought that might be their way of increasing the brain's level of serotonin.  Researchers think that's why they might have been addicted to alcohol, because they used the sugar to increase the serotonin in their brain.  \n\nHere's an excerpt from an article written about the connection between alcoholics, a craving for sweet foods, and serotonin levels.\n\n"Alcohol and carbohydrates have both been shown to increase levels of serotonin in the body, the researchers explain. Low levels of this chemical can lead to depression, anxiety, aggression, and sleep problems."\n\nhttp://www.personalmd.com/news/n0526050420.shtml\nhttp://www.mercola.com/2000/may/28/alcoholics_sweets.htm\nhttp://www.jointogether.org/news/research/summaries/2000/carbohydrates-connected-to.html\n\nedit:  And by the way Glen, NOT ALL ALCHOLICS SMOKE.  That's an offensive and stereotypical statement made by someone who is very small minded.  I bet you're a janitor in your job, and it's no wonder.
98404
oh yes we do feel horny atimes though might not be as often as men do.........normally horniness is around the time one is ovulation the hormones just drive as crazy, we feel so sexy and like doing it......or sometimes alcohol or a porn movie can also make us really horny
874931
I think it's pretty common for a woman in your situation to have a lowered sex drive, but I think it's good that you're concerned and want your groove back! Talk to your doctor, there may be something simple you can do. It could be as simple as a vitamin deficency. Most likely, you're exhausted....or maybe you've got some resentment feelings toward your partner that you haven't wanted to explore...Try to think about that and if you have some, talk them out with him. That may make all the difference! Also, sex leads to more sex...the more you do it, the more you want to do it, so have fun and go for it!
1185720
Yes, it is a way for them to control the act.  Some people have normal sex lives, some never want to have sex, and others want to have sex a lot.  It is depends on the person.
1100643
Depends on how bad your problem is, and your family genetics. Alcoholism runs through peoples genetics causing some people to be more prone to having a drinking problem. Sometimes the best thing to do is to find a therapist or some other outlet to help you out. I don't like A.A. though, they are too spiritual and in essence a money scam for a couple companies isnce they push books from one publishing company so much to people who don't have the mental will power to realize they don't need the books or the spirituality that ocmes with it, also A.A. becomes a factor to make people too co-dependant on the group. So I suggest seeing a regular therapist to increase your likelihood of not giving into temptation for drinks.
1185116
Feel lucky you have such a great sex drive! As long as you are not participating in unhealthy behaviors like having multiple partners without condoms and your masturbation and sex drive is not interfiering in your day to day life, you have nothing to worry about!  Your one of the lucky few!!! I've had an abnormally high sex drive like you since I was 16 and still have it and my husbands friends and my friends husbands are always very envious of our relationship. Many many women loose their sex drive as they get older!
511283
Good question. There's a lot of discussion on this. On the one hand, it is arguably preferable to indulge yourself rather than finding a stranger to indulge with.\n\nOn the other, Thomas Aquinas said it best when he compared the "hungers" in Summa Theologica. Too much alcohol, you pass out. Too much food, you vomit. Too much laziness, you starve. Anger, you're slain. But a hunger for sex cannot be satiated. The problem with autoeroticism is that there's no conceivable end. You and your spouse have physical, emotional and other limits to sexual expression, but there's no such barrier with yourself - its too easy to lead to excess.\n\nScripturally, there's an invocation to holiness in the epistles, the letters placed after the Gospel. Sexual sins are doubly bad because they are sins against the body, which is a temple of the Holy Spirit. Christians are exhorted to be without blemish, and even married couples are admonished to abstain from time to time in order to balance their spiritual and sexual needs.\n\nThen there's the internal dialogue. What do you think of during autoeroticism? Its easy to be drawn into fantasy and lose touch, to objectify others and ignore their humanity when your sexual life takes place entirely within you (instead of being shared). That said, much of the controversy comes from the use of autoerotic manipulation to release tension, for instance when a married couple is apart for lengths of time or is not able to enjoy intercourse because of preganancy, impotence or infirmity.
164230
If he's not actively seeking treatment by his own choice, yes.  It only gets worse not better and if he's not willing to help himself their is not a single thing you can do. Doesn't matter how much you love him or how much he loves you, the alchohol will always come first.
1088071
The majority of the time, medical evaluation and lab tests will not reveal a physical cause. However, testosterone is the hormone responsible for creating sexual desire in both men and women. It may be useful to check testosterone levels, particularly in men who have ISD (inhibited Sexual Desire). Blood for such lab tests in men should be drawn before 10:00 a.m., when male hormone levels are at their highest. Interviews with a specialist in sex therapy are more likely to reveal possible causes.\n\nTreatment must be individualized to the factors that may be inhibiting sexual interest. Often, there may be several such factors. Some couples will need relationship enhancement work or marital therapy prior to focusing directly on enhancing sexual activity.\n\nDeclining sex is sometimes one of the few areas where someone who feels dominated can feel in control. Developing skills in conflict resolution can be helpful to work through differences in nonsexual areas as well as sexual.\n\nCommunication training in talking on a feeling level, showing empathic understanding, resolving differences in a manner that refers to emotions is also helpful. When problems with sexual arousal or performance are factors in decreasing libido, these sexual dysfunctions will need to be directly addressed.\n\nA new drug, Bremelanotide (formerly PT-141), has been shown to directly increase sexual desire in men as well as women. This compound is currently in clinical trials.\n\nThe preceding is for people who were sexually active at first, but later lost it.\n\nIf she was like that from the start, and only she can answer that, she may be an asexual.  That is what I am.  I pretended to be heterosexual for a very long time just to fit in.  The truth is that I never liked sex and I don't crave it.  I just pretended to be interested just to be like all the other guys.
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Although not common, this is not unheard of.  It is important to differentiate between a desire to have sex, and the enjoyability of the act.  \n\nIf you find you have no desire AND you don't enjoy it, then you may suffer from an asexual disorder.  As mentioned by others, this can be caused by a number of things, from physiological (menopause, hormone imballance, etc), to psychological (stress, acute post tramautic stress disorder, etc).  However, there is a small number of people who just do not have a sexual drive.  Although the reason for this is yet unknown, it is beginning to be studied more and more.\n\nIf you find you have a desire, and just do not enjoy sex, then you would find yourself in a MUCH larger population.  Believe it or not, it is quite common for people to say they are incredibly dissatisfied with their sexual enjoyment, and this goes from men to women.  The causes can be the same as mentioned above, or they could just be due to an unfulfilling sexual partner.  In either case, if you wish to change it, there are a plethora of ways to go about it, starting with self-exploration (talking about looking inside yourself, lets not get gross in here).  There are many books wich can help with this.\n\nFinally, it is important to note that although not everyone feels this way, there is nothing inherently WRONG with you.  This does not make you a freak or anything.  This, like anything else in life, just means you are unique, and is an opportunity for you to explore your uniqueness.
172312
There is a story I remember from my younger days about a man who had amazing staying power when he was having sex with a woman, this guy could go all night.\nWe got him drunk one night and asked him his secret, he told us that when he was going out and knew he was having sex he would self satisfy himself first then go out. he said it made him last longer.\nTake it as you will.