Are You in an Abusive Relationship?

Does the Person You Love...

• Track all of your time?
• Accuse you of being unfaithful?
• Discourage your relationships with friends and family?
• Prevent you from working or attending school?
• Criticize you for little things?
• Anger easily when drinking or on drugs?
• Control all finances and force you to account for what you spend?
• Humiliate you in front of others?
• Destroy personal property or sentimental items?
• Hit, punch, slap, kick, or bite you or your children?
• Threaten to hurt you or your children?
• Use or threaten to use a weapon against you?
• Force you to have sex against your will?

If you answered “yes” to some of these questions, you are probably in an abusive relationship. The behaviors listed above are unacceptable and the last five are illegal.