The sky is not falling and life will return to normal.

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has taken the world by storm.

The pandemic’s mandatory lockdown has set in motion an array of economic, political and global instabilities.

The COVID-19 crisis has fueled the rise of domestic violence.

The pandemic has been the catalyst of political and civil unrest.

The human race was ill-prepared for such a calamity of events to unfold.

According to the National Institute of Justice, only one-quarter of domestic violence programs reported broaching the topic of substance abuse, and only 54% of substance abuse programs have reported broaching the topic of domestic violence.

Domestic abuse is a form of communication fueled by personal insecurities, temperament, economic, educational or lack therein, physical and psychological conditions.

Unfortunately, there has been no escaping the water-cooler conversation.