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"A new study headed by Dr. Corinne Reczek at the University of Cincinnati has shed some light on the drinking habits of married and divorced men and women. As it turns out, women tend to drink more while in the marriage, and men are drinking more when the marriage ends in divorce. And why do we react so differently to the same scenario when alchohol is involved? The study concludes that women may have been introduced to alchohol by their husbands, or encouraged to drink more socially when with them. When the marriage ends, women tended to turn to food (oh, can I relate to that) and family to reduce their stress, while men are probably more likely to be out having a drink with their friends. I never have been a prolific drinker. I know I joke about needing a margarita fairly often, but the truth of the matter is I just can&amp;#039;t do it. The mental image of me drinking alone now that my husband has walked out the door just seems too....sad somehow. Know what I mean? I&amp;#039;ll still have a glass of wine at a neighborhood get-together, and on Halloween night, I&amp;#039;ll still make my crock pot full of spiked hot apple cider for the parents on the block, but that&amp;#039;s pretty much the extent of my drinking these days. Did your drinking habits change when you went from married to divorced? Did your ex&amp;#039;s? And what did you use instead to drown your sorrows? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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