Financial problems and substance abuse seem to precipitate incidents of domestic violence. Several studies support that claim. A research study indicted that perhaps up to fifty percent of all batterers attending a batterer’s treatment program had alcohol abuse problems.

Cocaine dependence is a more severe case of cocaine abuse, and the cocaine user usually spends large amounts of money to buy cocaine in a short period of time. Money is a scarce commodity, and to support the cocaine habit, the cocaine user may become involved in drug dealing, theft, or prostitution.

The cocaine user may grossly neglect work or childcare. On the behavioral/psychological level, the cocaine user may experience paranoid ideation, anxiety, depression, or aggressive behavior.