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Yet, economic and social conditions can also lead people to enter into socially and economically oppressive relationships, abusive marriages, and postures of dependence on drugs and alcohol.
But even after he stopped taking drugs, he continued to be abusive to her.
A crazed and abusive former Grateful Dead manager from whose unparental loins it is Love's tragedy to have sprung.
Considering his abusive, alcoholic stepfather, his substance abusing brother, his mother's penchant for gambling, and his own compulsive eating and alleged womanizing, Clinton's family looked like a case study in a codependency book.
Hillary says President Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky stemmed from an "abusive" home environment and that his mistakes don't negate his other accomplishments.