The prevalence of alcohol disorders has frequently been overrepresented in studies of the long-term adult outcomes associated with child abuse, as sexual, as physical (Windle et al. 1995).
Brown & Anderson 1991, considering physical and sexual abuse, have found: "Histories of drug and alcohol abuse were more common in patients reporting physical or combined abuse than in nonabused patients." "Alcohol use disorders were more common in victims of physical or combined abuse than in sexually abused or nonabused patients."
Langeland & Hartgers 1998 reviews studies about the relation between childhood sexual and physical abuse and conclude that they do not indicate a relation for men. Among females there is a higher likelihood of alcohol problems if they were sexually or physically abused as children.
Among sexually abused lesbians with alcohol problems, Hall 1996 have found "multiple addictions, self-harm, isolation, sexual problems, depression, self-loathing, physical illness, and inability to work more often".