We can talk about it, but they know it. The McCues also have spoken to groups including Michigan State sororities and students at their son's high school in the Detroit suburb of Clarkston. Kalamazoo College has invited the couple to its orientation, while Michigan Tech has invited them to its alcohol awareness week in October. Mrs. McCue hopes to spread their ideas to other universities. The copule already is getting three to four requests for birthday cards each week, and have sent information on the cards to schools in New York, Iowa, Texas, Indiana and South Carolina.
People hide it because they're embarrassed, but hiding it means that nobody understands it.
Sometimes, students who get the birthday cards write back. Others share their experiences on the B.R.A.D. Web site. My friends and I knew nothing about how serious this could be. I have never been drunk again. They thought that when you passed out, you were just sleeping it off.