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Spouse may 'drive you to drink' but also can protect you from alcohol

Men and women at risk for alcohol dependence are more likely to choose a mate who also is at risk, say investigators at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. That doesn't necessarily mean, however, that both spouses will end up as problem drinkers.

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