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Radio 4,4 mins

Are long lunches and after work drinks grounds for divorce?

Woman's Hour

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A growing number of British marriages are breaking down due to allegations of wives' drinking problems. Laura Gullon, Associate Solicitor at Hall Brown Family Law in Manchester, says she is increasingly seeing women's drinking cited in the divorce cases she handles. She believes it accounts for almost one third of all the divorces put forward on the grounds of 'unreasonable behaviour'. Jane is joined by Laura, and by the GP Dr Sarah Jarvis, Clinical Director of Patient.co.uk, to discuss women's relationships with alcohol and its effect on marriages.

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