
T, I see tons of cases like these---the woman always says, "he's only like this when he drinks", like this means dotting her eyes, and her looking like she went half a round with Tyson.....many times it could be the woman and the job driving one to drink---the woman taking the man's balls, and the job taking his soul...the stress of such leads one to try and escape---alcohol and drugs are the leading tools for "escaping" stress. But, what happens they becomes more than crutch, they become the "best friend" you can drown your sorrows in...the best drug to do that with is weed, the other hard shit will make you a damn addict and start stealing or poking yourself with needles and what not.
Up above is if you are going the drug route, the best advice is to remove himself from her, the alcohol and possibly even the job---take a vacation or get a new one. Re-evaluate all the negative shit in one's life, and prune it out. If he doesn't do this, if he hasn't been in a domestic assault case or DUI, it will happen sooner or later. domestic assaults are far, far more common than people think. And many times, alcohol was a huge factor---with one or both parties drinking, then arguing, then the hitting...