Go Ask Alice
On January 24th, Alice wrote “After you’ve had it, there isn’t even life without drugs.” (Anonymous 96). The previous quote was taken from the book Go Ask Alice. Go Ask Alice is the story of a teenage girl whose life became ruled, and ultimately ruined, by drug addiction. A note from the editors in the beginning of the book states that it “is based on the actual diary of a fifteen-year-old drug user.” Though the author is listed as anonymous and the girl’s name is never mentioned, she will be referred to as Alice. At the innocent age of fifteen, Alice had a promising life ahead of her. She came from a “fine and upstanding, loving family,” and her father was the dean of Political Science at a prestigious university (89 ; 3). However, …show more content…
Each time Alice gets sober, she goes right back to using drugs. After struggling in San Francisco for so long Alice returned home to her family. They welcomed her back with loving arms and life was going very well for Alice. She returned to school, and held fast to sobriety (85-96). However, Alice fell back under the spell of drugs and they ruled her life once again. She got busted by the police and her parents kept her under tight watch thereafter (99-101). She ran away one night while she was stoned and ended up in Denver, and eventually Coos Bay, Oregon (102-103). Alice began using more than she ever had. She became so caught up in drugs she completely lost her grip on reality. She wrote “I don’t know what . . . hour or day or even year it is, or even what town.” (113). Tired of the drug-fueled daze she had been living in, Alice returned home and quit using drugs for a second time. She stayed drug free despite being pressured by old friends to start using again (121-163). They finally had enough of Alice’s resistance and someone planted acid on some chocolate covered peanuts. Alice ate some, unaware that they had been poisoned, and had a nightmarish trip during which she severely injured herself. She was then sent to an insane asylum, but was eventually released to return home (167-194). All was well again after Alice came home (194- 212). In her vary last …show more content…
Alice first tried acid on accident when someone put it in a coke at a party, but she soon started doing drugs recreationally. Soon she became addicted to drugs and found herself emotionally wrecked, miles from home. Each time Alice attempted to get clean, she found herself back on drugs, despite the damage her addiction had inflicted on her and her family. Alice lost the battle against drugs; she overdosed just weeks after her final diary entry. After her first trip on acid. Alice wrote that she was not going to try it again, she “had heard too many frightening stories about drugs.” (34). Little did Alice know, her life would become another one of those frightening stories about
On January 24th, Alice wrote “After you’ve had it, there isn’t even life without drugs.” (Anonymous 96). The previous quote was taken from the book Go Ask Alice. Go Ask Alice is the story of a teenage girl whose life became ruled, and ultimately ruined, by drug addiction. A note from the editors in the beginning of the book states that it “is based on the actual diary of a fifteen-year-old drug user.” Though the author is listed as anonymous and the girl’s name is never mentioned, she will be referred to as Alice. At the innocent age of fifteen, Alice had a promising life ahead of her. She came from a “fine and upstanding, loving family,” and her father was the dean of Political Science at a prestigious university (89 ; 3). However, …show more content…
Each time Alice gets sober, she goes right back to using drugs. After struggling in San Francisco for so long Alice returned home to her family. They welcomed her back with loving arms and life was going very well for Alice. She returned to school, and held fast to sobriety (85-96). However, Alice fell back under the spell of drugs and they ruled her life once again. She got busted by the police and her parents kept her under tight watch thereafter (99-101). She ran away one night while she was stoned and ended up in Denver, and eventually Coos Bay, Oregon (102-103). Alice began using more than she ever had. She became so caught up in drugs she completely lost her grip on reality. She wrote “I don’t know what . . . hour or day or even year it is, or even what town.” (113). Tired of the drug-fueled daze she had been living in, Alice returned home and quit using drugs for a second time. She stayed drug free despite being pressured by old friends to start using again (121-163). They finally had enough of Alice’s resistance and someone planted acid on some chocolate covered peanuts. Alice ate some, unaware that they had been poisoned, and had a nightmarish trip during which she severely injured herself. She was then sent to an insane asylum, but was eventually released to return home (167-194). All was well again after Alice came home (194- 212). In her vary last …show more content…
Alice first tried acid on accident when someone put it in a coke at a party, but she soon started doing drugs recreationally. Soon she became addicted to drugs and found herself emotionally wrecked, miles from home. Each time Alice attempted to get clean, she found herself back on drugs, despite the damage her addiction had inflicted on her and her family. Alice lost the battle against drugs; she overdosed just weeks after her final diary entry. After her first trip on acid. Alice wrote that she was not going to try it again, she “had heard too many frightening stories about drugs.” (34). Little did Alice know, her life would become another one of those frightening stories about