This is important because for some couples, interactions about alcohol might occur more frequently than interactions about other topics, especially for couples in which alcohol use and abuse plays a major role in day-to-day life. For example, Halford & Osgarby (1993) reported that over 80% of men and women in their sample reported frequent disagreements about alcohol consumption. Several pieces of evidence suggest that talking about alcohol might provoke different kinds of interactions than talking about another conflict topic or about a benign topic. Second, Halford and Osgarby (1993) found that marital disagreements about alcohol were strongly related to decreased … Ler mais My Partner is an Alcoholic: How to Cope with an Alcoholic Partner