Alcohol is a confusing sort of drug.
After all, we’re told all sorts of things about its positive and negative effects (effects of which we remind ourselves all too frequently).
There’s something new to put in the ‘Pro’ column however, thanks to a study published in the Oxford Journals of Gerontology.
The results of the study, which included 4864 married participants, suggest that couples who drink “concordantly” (together) are less likely to experience ‘negative marital quality’.
The effect was especially prevalent in women who reported a decrease in stress when they drank with their partner. Men, on the other hand, reported an increase in negative quality when they didn’t drink with their partner.
This led the researchers to conclude that the time spent drinking together is actually more important than the quantity of alcohol consumed, when it comes to a healthy relationship.
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