Sentences with phrase «serious alcohol or drug abuse»

In addition, some family - law experts don't recommend it for marriages that include a history of serious alcohol or drug abuse, domestic violence, or mental - health issues.

4) Was your marriage free from serious alcohol or drug abuse, domestic violence, or mental - health issues?

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This workshop is inappropriate for couples experiencing: Severe relationship distress, significant emotional or physical abuse, serious emotional or physical abuse, relationships where one partner is seriously addicted to drugs or alcohol, and relationships with serious compulsive behavior with gambling, sexual action out, and other disruptive behaviors.

Roughly 50 percent of individuals with severe mental disorders are affected by substance abuse; 37 percent of alcohol abusers and 53 percent of drug abusers also have at least one serious mental illness; and of all people diagnosed as mentally ill, 29 percent abuse either alcohol or drugs [Source: National Alliance on Mental Illness]

[12] A life stressor is defined as a serious illness; accident or disability; the death of a family member or close friend; mental illness; divorce or separation; inability to obtain work; involuntary loss of a job; alcohol or drug - related problems; witnessing violence; being the victim of abuse or violent crime; trouble with the police; gambling problems; incarceration of self or a family member; overcrowding; pressure to fulfil cultural responsibilities; and discrimination or racism, ibid., Australian Bureau of Statistics, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey, op.cit., p79.