| More and more people are reporting incidents of | | | | He promises that it will never happen again and |
| domestic violence to the police. If you are a victim of | | | | states that he will give up the alcohol if that would |
| domestic violence you will be aware of just how | | | | make his wife happy. |
| frightening it can be. The question that many people | | | | Linda is not sure what to do, she would love to |
| ask is what are the causes of this violence, is the | | | | forgive and forget but feels that it is very likely that |
| person just a lunatic or are there other reasons | | | | it only happen again in the future if she does. |
| behind it. | | | | In many cases people like Linda will forgive their |
| According to the latest reports alcohol has a large | | | | partner or husband a number of times before |
| part to play in leading to cases of domestic violence. | | | | eventually losing patience with them. |
| In the example of a husband hitting his wife when he | | | | My advice for John would be to stop drinking alcohol |
| is drunk, this is typically what can happen. For the | | | | straight away. This seems to be the cause of all of |
| sake of making this article easier to read, I shall call | | | | these problems, therefore you need to find |
| the husband John and his wife Linda. | | | | something else to have an interest in. |
| John is a really nice guy when sober. Linda is very | | | | Another cause of domestic violence is known to be |
| much in love with him and hopes that they will grow | | | | depression. Some people who are normally very |
| old together. John is a great father to their two | | | | relaxed can become very angry and abusive when in |
| children, is helpful around the house and is a great | | | | a deep state of depression. They can take their |
| cook. The problem occurs after he has had rather | | | | problems and frustrations out on their partner much |
| too much to drink. John now becomes a whole | | | | like in the example above. |
| different person, he starts to accuse his wife of | | | | A few days or weeks later when the person in |
| having an affair, becomes abusive and very angry. | | | | question is feeling a lot happier, they will not believe |
| Linda realising he is drunk attempts to walk away to | | | | what they have done. |
| leave John to his bad mood, this only adds however | | | | Whether it is because of depression or alcohol, one |
| to his anger and he starts to become violent. | | | | solution to this domestic violence problem could be to |
| The next morning John can not believe what he has | | | | attend some form of anger management program, |
| done and is full of regret and remorse. He can not | | | | that is for people like John. |
| say sorry enough and begs for Linda's forgiveness. | | | | |