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Old 10-03-2017, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Sandtrap328 View Post
My family was great - but we knew others where the father was physically abusive to his wife and kids but she couldn't leave due to financial reasons and turned to alcohol.
Actually the incidence of alcoholism among women has risen since the 1950's. Furthermore no one is "driven to drink". They become alcoholics because they have alcoholic tendencies which are largely genetic in nature.

Elizabeth Pena and the Truth About Alcoholic Women

Frankly I miss the civility of the 1950's and despise the barbarity of today.
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