A word to the wise: Hang with the right crowd, and learn to imbibe - or let your career suffer.

If a recent study by the Reason Foundation is accurate, you need to swill down the booze in order to score major points with the good 'ol boys.

Drinkers earn 10 percent to 14 percent more at their jobs than nondrinkers, economists Bethany Peters and Edward Stringham found.