Contrary to what the liquor company would have us believe, drinking is more closely related to lack of success than to achievement. Among students, the heaviest drinkers have the lowest grades. In the work force, alcoholics are frequently late or absent, tend to perform poorly, and often get fired. Although, alcohol abuse occurs in all economic classes, it remains most severe among the poor.
Another part of the alcohol myth is that drinking makes you more attractive to the opposite sex. Hot, hot, hot, one commercials soundtrack begins, as the camera scans a crowd of college-age beachgoers. Next it follows the curve of a womans leg up to her bare hip and lingers there. She is young, beautiful, wearing a bikini. A young guy, carrying an ice chest , positions himself near to where she sits. He is tan, muscular. She doesnt show much interestuntil he opens the chest and takes out a beer. Now she smiles over at him. He raises his eyebrows and, invitingly, holds up another can. She joins him. This beer, the song concludes, attracts like no other.
Beer doesnt make anyone sexier. Like all alcohol, it lowers the levels of male hormones in men and of female hormones in womeneven when taken in small amounts. In substantial amounts, alcohol can cause infertility in women and impotence in men. Some alcoholic men develop enlarged breasts, from their increased female hormones.
The alcohol myth also creates the illusion that beer and athletics are a perfect combination. One billboard features three high-action images: a baseball player running at top speed, a surfer riding a wave, and a basketball player leaping to make a dunk shot. A particular light beer, the billboard promises, wont slow you down.
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