Alcohol and Family Violence
Michael Lawson
11/29/15
BSHS/406
Dr. Tanisha Laidler
Alcohol and Family Violence
Here are some rough facts to help explain the severity of alcohol abuse. Fitzgerld (2015), “Approximately 17 percent of men and 8 percent of women will be dependent on alcohol in their lifetime. Fitzgerld (2015), also states, “Of the 3.9 million Americans who received treatment for a substance abuse problem in 2005, 2.5 million of them were treated for alcohol use”. Now here are some facts to help explain family violence in a life cycle. According to Vagianos (2014), “Women are much more likely to be victims of intimate partner violence with 85 percent of domestic abuse victims being women and 15 percent men.” Vagianos (2014), continues to explain, “1 in 4 is the number of women who will be victims of severe violence by an intimate partner in their lifetimes. 1 in 7, is the number of men who will be victims of severe violence by an intimate partner in their lifetimes. 10,000,000 is the number of children exposed to domestic violence every year.” Both of these statistics are horrible to come to terms with. Both issues affect the family life cycle and can be problematic in many ways. This paper will provide a historical perspective on how alcohol and family violence have been affected by legislative changes. It will identify the effects of alcohol abuse on both the addicted individual and those around them and the effects of family violence on both the perpetrator of family violence and those exposed to family violence. This paper will further discuss intervention methods that could be applied to the family in crises and will explain how family rituals may affect the family member in crisis.
Legislative Changes: Alcohol
Due to alcohol being a serious issue many laws have been put in place to help limit the effects of alcohol on a person and the surrounding people. Such laws include the inability to sell alcohol to a minor or...