Ray Rice Blames Alcohol For Attacking Fiancee

Ray Rice is attributing his elevator behavior in Atlantic City to heavy drinking and for that, has sworn off liquor. 

Via TMZ

Rice told the Baltimore Ravens he and Janay Palmer had been drinking HEAVILY before the altercation. Rice is telling friends he becomes a different person when he boozes it up … so he’s changed his life.

But he hasn’t changed that much, because we’re told he still drinks wine … just not hard liquor.

Our sources say Ray and his wife have gotten deep into religion since the February incident — they were both baptized in March when they decided to become Born again Christians. 

We’re also told they’ve also done religious mentoring with other couples … including NFL players and their wives. 

As for Ray, he issued a statement Tuesday saying he’s trying to “work through this” — noting, “We have a lot of people praying for us.”