As is often seen on reality TV alcohol and heaving drinking abounds.  It is the worst kept secret of reality TV that producers often make alcohol much more available than food while also encouraging its use to get better footage / scenes.  An article in the New York Times exposes this HERE.
On the 2nd page of the [...]

Ruthie Alcaide from the Real World Hawaii will be lecturing about alcohol awareness at the University of Miami during the evening of Tuesday October 24th 2006.
This will be during the University of Miami’s alcohol awareness week in late October.
Ruthie will be starting the lecture with a prepared DVD presentation of her own experiences with alcohol and the lessons learned from them [...]