One BIG thing most people forget....

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8. It's peculiar how many people just completely ignore the violence causing tendencies of alcohol

The language is replete with phrases about violence and alcohol but people always point to something like meth or cocaine when talking about recreational drugs and violence.

Barroom brawl, drunken brawl, ten feet tall and bulletproof, mean drunk, don't listen to him it's the liquor talking.

I always think of the honky tonk bar scene with chicken wire in front of the stage in The Blue Brothers when this conversation gets going.

If you want to talk domestic violence about three to four times as many DV cases are linked to alcohol as to other drugs.

http://alcoholism.about.com/cs/abuse/a/aa990331.htm

Another study shows that the percentage of batterers who are under the influence of alcohol when they assault their partners ranges from 48 percent to 87 percent, with most research indicating a 60 to 70 percent rate of alcohol abuse and a 13 to 20 percent rate of drug abuse.