New research suggests that a young person’s likelihood of success does not rely on their academic achievement, nor the amount of internships they perform during the summer. Instead, it depends largely on how often they get shwasted.

Norwegian sociologist Willy Pedersen polled over 3,000 Norwegians between the ages of 13 and 31 about how much, and how often, they drink. What he found was that people who report regular excessive drinking in their late teens and early twenties had higher levels of education and income than those who drank little or not at all.

“There is a correlation,” Pedersen said. “The statistical findings are quite strong, so clearly significant.”

He did note, however, that there could be an economic explanation for this correlation. Additionally, he advised against drinking in solitude, saying that there was no evidence that drinking alone will lead to success.

Good news for those of us who spent their teens and twenties at the bar, I guess. Quick question: when’s the success supposed to come?