In certain situations alcoholics who batter their partners become involved in alcohol treatment programs, but in other apparently similar situations, they participate in batterer treatment programs. This paper presents a comparison of men (in an ongoing relationship with a partner) enrolled in batterer programs (N = 39) or alcohol treatment programs (N = 52) on factors related to marital violence. Factors which were compared included: age, education, income, race, marital status, current level of marital stress, level of self esteem, socially desirable response bias, attitude toward marital violence, level of sex-role egalitarianism, history of childhood violence, level of violence in current relationship, and level of alcohol abuse. Very few differences between the men were found on any of the variables. The majority of men in both groups were alcoholics and used violent conflict tactics in their relationships. Implications for treatment of dually affected men are presented.