**"Track" all your time?
**Constantly accuse you of being unfaithful?
**Discourage your relationships with family and friends?
**Prevent you from working or attending school?
**Criticize you for little things?
**Anger easily when drinking or using other drugs?
**Control all finances and force you to account in detail for what you spend?
**Humiliate you in front of others?
**Destroy personal property or sentimental items?
**Hit, punch, slap, kick or bite you or the children?
**Use or threaten to use a weapon against you?
**Threaten to hurt you or the children?
**Force you to have sex against your will?
1. Call the police or sheriff. Assaults, even by family members, are a crime.
The police often have informaiton about shelters and other agencies that help victims
of domestic violence.
2. Leave, or have someone come and stay with you. Go to a battered women's shelter--
call a crisis hotline in your community or a health center to locate a shelter.
If you believe that you, and your children, are in danger--leave immediately.
3. Get medical attention from your doctor or a hospital emergency room. Ask the
staff to photograph your injuries and keep detailed records in case you
decide to take legal action.
4. Contact your family court for information about a civil protection order
that does not involve criminal charges or penalties
1} Accept the fact that your violent behavior will destroy your family. Be aware
that you break the law when you physically hurt someone.
2} take responsibility for your actions and get help.
3} When you feel tension building, get away. Work off your angry energy through
a walk, a project, a sport.
4} Call a domestic violence hotline or health center and ask about counseling
and support groups for people who batter.