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Marriage Makes Women Drink More, Men Less

And divorced women seem to drink less than before

By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 19, 2012 3:40 PM CDT

(Newser) – Trying to cut down on the late-night boozing? For men, one solution is marriage; for women, apparently, it's divorce. This according to a long-term study of thousands of people in Wisconsin, which suggests that wives help hubbies keep boozing under control, but husbands spur wives to drink more, the Telegraph reports. Men who get divorced often go back to the bottle, the study says, while divorced women return to their light-drinking ways.

She curbs his drinking, he increases hers.
She curbs his drinking, he increases hers.   (Shutterstock)
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HMunster
Aug 20, 2012 7:32 AM CDT
"Marriage Makes Women Drink More, Men Less" Apparently they never met my ex-wife...  :  (
ABrightIdea
Aug 20, 2012 5:45 AM CDT
I'm sorry any alcohol study done in Wisconsin can't be trusted to provide repeatable results. 
Scott60561
Aug 19, 2012 9:56 PM CDT
Any behavioral study relying on self reporting of behaviors is highly suspect to begin with.
 

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