An article on the Brides Magazine website, Older Couples Reveal the Secret to a Happy Marriage: Alcohol, discusses Birditt, et al.’s study, Drinking Patterns Among Older Couples: Longitudinal Associations With Negative Marital Quality. Birditt comments, “'We're not suggesting that people should drink more or change the way they drink. We're not sure why this is happening, but it could be that couples that do more leisure time activities together have better marital quality.'