Alcohol use after recovering from stroke

My husband is 53 years old and he had stroke year ago. I noticed recently that he increased alcohol intake. I am so worried that it may happen again. He has been severely depressed since he got stroke and strated drinking. Is Alcohol use after recovering from stroke dangerous? Please let me know ...

Alcohol use after recovering from stroke could be dangerous because excessive drinking can raise blood pressure causing heart failure. Depression is common; strokes affect different people in different ways, depending on the type of stroke, the area of the brain affected and the extent of the brain injury. Talk to him about this.

Even if there is no high blood pressure issue, and the drinking is minimal, it can cause more damage after a first stroke.This happened to my husband and the Dr said it was because he was having a beer or two now and then.

My husband suffered a troke in 2007. He became a full blown alcoholic. He has gone through rehab and countless AA intervention but now and then he stll goes off the wagon.We have been married for 35 years and we always drank socially but it became extremely more excessive after the stoke even though he waas on anti depressants. He is now on a drug that is 110,oo per month which causes extreme vomiting and or sickness if he has a drink. It has been very difficult. He is 63 years old and feels like he is worthless.