Not exact matches
And, even though the Bible clearly refers to
drunkenness as sin, most Christians have hopped onto the AA bandwagon
of faith and believe that
habitual drunkenness is due to a disease called «alcoholism» or «addiction» rather than to sin» (p. 74).
If it were generally recognized that
habitual drunkenness is a symptom
of a disease that is both personally and socially devastating, and if it were generally accepted that frequent use
of alcohol as a means
of interpersonal adjustment can lead to alcoholism, a new climate
of public opinion would come into being.
In Ohio, for example, you must prove that you, as a result
of your spouse, have experienced bigamy, adultery, extreme cruelty, gross neglect,
habitual drunkenness or imprisonment.
Divorce may also be granted based on the following grounds: impotency
of the other spouse when the marriage began; adultery committed by the other spouse, willful desertion by the other spouse for more than one year, willful neglect
of the other spouse to provide the family with the necessities
of life;
habitual drunkenness, a felony conviction, physical or emotional abuse, incurable insanity, and legal separation for at least three years.
In South Carolina, you can not file divorce papers before separating from your spouse except in rare cases when you are still living together but filing on the grounds
of physical cruelty,
habitual drunkenness or adultery.
While you can state a cause, such as adultery, desertion, extreme cruelty, separation, drug addiction,
habitual drunkenness, institutionalization, imprisonment or deviant sexual conduct, all you really need to show is a breakdown
of the marriage over the last six months due to «irreconcilable differences,» with no prospect
of reconciliation.
Whether the divorce is filed on the grounds
of desertion or
habitual drunkenness, the court may consider marital misconduct in deciding the final divorce decree.
There are a number
of legal reasons which permit the court to grant a divorce, including, but not limited to, adultery, extreme cruelty, separation, voluntarily induced addiction, institutionalization for mental illness, imprisonment, desertion,
habitual drunkenness or deviant sexual conduct.
Divorces can be filed using either
of Ohio's no - fault grounds or any
of Ohio's fault grounds, such a adultery, gross neglect, extreme cruelty,
habitual drunkenness or abandonment.