The life of a couple and marriage seem to moderate the alcoholic motivations of the most partiers. Indeed, the followers of binge-drinking (excessive and rapid consumption of alcohol) would tend to put water in their wine once married.
Researchers at the University of Missouri (United States) analyzed data from a study on family disorders and alcohol consumption in individuals aged 17 to 40 years.
The findings of this analysis revealed that reason increased with age and that alcohol consumption decreased. In particular after marriage. They therefore express the importance of social roles and their beneficial effects on alcohol consumption.
“We found that marriage not only leads to a decline in heavy drinking habits in general, but that this effect was much more pronounced in people who abused the most alcohol before their marriage,” explained Matthew Lee of the University of Missouri.
“We believe that excessive alcohol consumption is more likely to generate conflict with the demands of marriage,” says Professor Lee. “Thus, problem drinkers will have to alter their drinking habits more to adapt to their marital role.”
Alcohol, a real public health problem
More than 200 diseases are linked to alcohol consumption: infectious diseases, traffic accidents, injuries, homicides, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes … Pathologies or accidents which total 5.9% of annual deaths. 1 in five deaths in the world results from the ravages of alcohol, informs the World Health Organization (WHO) on its site. 3.3 million people died in 2012, against 2.5 million in 2005. And 320,000 young people aged 15 to 29 die each year from alcohol-related causes, recalls the WHO.
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