By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter

The trauma of covering up John Edwards’ extra-marital affair and love child led his former aide Andrew Young to drink heavily, his wife Cheri Young revealed to the jury in the shamed senator’s campaign finance violation trial on Tuesday.

When asked by Edwards' attorney Alan Duncan if Young’s drinking ever concerned her, Cheri told the Greensboro, North Carolina courtroom, “He drank a lot in 2006 and 2007. I don't believe after that,” reported ABCNews.com.

She also recently admitted that she told the FBI and prosecutors that her husband has taken the popular sleeping pill, Ambien, for years. In a transcript from the interview on April 19 Cheri revealed, “Ambien makes her husband loopy and he couldn't remember things the next day."

As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, the 58-year-old is accused of illegally channeling almost $1 million in campaign contributions to cover up his affair, and subsequent love child, with Rielle Hunter, his campaign videographer. Edwards has pleaded not guilty to the six counts he's accused of: four counts of illegal campaign contributions, one count of conspiracy and one count of false statements.

Later during the intense questioning, Duncan got increasingly direct with Cheri, asking her bluntly: