Alcohol or substance abuse. Without doubt, alcohol and drug addiction destroy lives. Depending on the severity, it can lead to job loss thus resulting in an inability to support the family. The drug addict or alcoholic can experience personality changes and become abusive. With time he will take down himself as well as those that depend on him. The requirements of marriage are varied and demanding. Because the alcoholic or drug addict is poorly equipped to handle these challenges, it is no surprise then that this is a very common reason for a fault-based divorce.
Other grounds for divorce include irretrievable breakdown of the marriage, mental illness, impotence, and bigamy.
