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'It felt like I was living with a stranger': How lockdown, booze and resentment turned a once loving couple against one another

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direct to your inboxDivorce inquiries, problem drinking, and domestic conflict have all increased in the last nine months, according to experts, as the pressures of the pandemic put couples and families under strain.Research from organisations including Drinkaware, Co-op Legal Services, and our own data unit - which found one in five crimes during lockdown in England and Wales concerned domestic abuse - has laid bare the worrying trends over the last year.Now, one woman from Greater Manchester has spoken of how lockdown drove her relationship to the brink after her husband found himself out of work.

Their names have been changed to protect their identities."I felt like I wanted to run away from home and never come back", Sarah says.For 20.

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