Divorce and alcoholism

Studies have shown that when one spouse has a drinking problem, the couple is much more likely to divorce.^[1]

As far as divorce and alcoholism, according to a study published in May 2014 in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, researchers from the University of Michigan found that nearly half of the more than 17,000 study participants with a history of alcoholism got a divorce at some point in their lives, while only 30% of the participants who were not affected by serious alcohol problems got a divorce.^[2][3]

• Atheism and divorce
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• 14 Ways Alcohol Abuse Harms Marriage, Ria Health, 2022
• More mental health problems after divorce in couples with high pre-divorce alcohol consumption than in other divorced couples: results from the HUNT-study, BMC Public Health, 2014