Alumni speak to students on dangers of alcoholism
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “student government”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers alumni Jesse and Diana speaking to students about alcoholism and recovery.
- The News-Letter reported that A Place to Talk brought Jesse and Diana, both former Hopkins students, to speak to a mostly freshman audience.
- The paper reported that both speakers were sober and in Alcoholics Anonymous, and that they viewed even one or two drinks as impossible for them.
- The article says Jesse began drinking heavily at Hopkins, was arrested after a fight and suspended for a semester, then later sought help from Alcoholics Anonymous.
- The reporter writes that Diana drank several times a week at Hopkins, rarely attended class and went through four periods of academic probation.
- The article adds that the speakers answered questions from students and ended with the message, “Alcoholism is a self-diagnosed disease. The best you can do for someone is point them in the right direction.”