Women often attribute their drinking to a traumatic event or stress. Co-existing Mental Disorders. Women experience more social disapproval for alcohol use, and women with alcoholism are more stigmatized. Disruptions for women are more likely to occur in family life and more likely to result in separation or divorce. Disruptions for men tend to occur in the job arena.
Women have more liver cirrhosis than men.
Personal Response to Illness. Women with alcoholism generally feel more quilty, anxious, or depressed than do men with alcoholism. Some gender differences in alcohol and polysubstance users.