By: Caitlin Gath /The Daily Cardinal - April 25, 2008
Ruthie Alcaide, cast member of the 1999 season of MTV’s Real World: Hawaii, spoke to UW-Madison students Thursday about alcoholism and race relations.
As a cast member, Alcaide gained a notorious reputation as a party girl after passing out because of alcohol poisoning and then being asked to leave the house and enter rehab.
After overcoming her problems with binge drinking, she shed some light on the importance of alcohol education.
“One of the biggest things is education. It’s not that alcohol is a bad thing, it’s that we’re sheltered from it … and then you get a taste of it and can’t stop,” Alcaide said.
Alcaide emphasized that drinking is all about choices.
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