<Tab/>In today's society, divorce is more the norm than ever before although nobody marries with expectation of failure. Married couples never contemplate that the person they once loved could later seem to be a stranger and perhaps even an enemy. The last decades have shown a rise in the rate of divorce. The United States has the highest divorce rate in the western world. Divorce rates among marriages have rose …showed first 75 words of 952 total…

…showed last 75 words of 952 total…to alcohol and/ or drugs tend to show more attention to their addiction than to their spouse which may lead to the other wanting to escape from that marriage. Along with infidelity and alcohol and drug abuse, a lack of communication leads to divorce because one another isn't informed on what is going on or how one feels about something. All these causes is what contributes to the increase in number of divorces each year.