Domestic Violence Caused by Alcoholism According to a research published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, a large majority of women who abused alcohol claimed a history of abuse: 88% reported physical abuse, 89% reported emotional abuse, and 76% reported sexual abuse. Statistics on Alcohol and Domestic Violence 1. According to the WHO, over 55% of domestic violence perpetrators were drinking before to the assault. 2 Women who have been abused are 15 times more prone to misuse alcohol. 368 percent of delinquent kids in Oregon treatment centers had observed or been assaulted by their mother.