Go Ask Alice is an
autobiography but what makes it interesting is that its author is anonymous.
The book should be
read by every teenager and parent. The basis is an actual diary of a 15 year-old young girl, a drug user. It's reality of how easy a young girl from a once happy home - parents who loved her and home and material comforts that others are deprived of - can fall into drugs, and later, how difficult it is to return to the once normal life.
The sad fact is within her, she is lonely, often having difficulty controlling herself, including her teenage romantic crushes and flings. Alice lacks self-confidence, even worries about her popularity at school, her figure and clothes to wear, all these material trimmings.
She feels insecure and unwanted both at school, with the boys not inviting her out, and at home, she can't fit in with the activities of the family. When the family moves to another neighborhood, and while the members of her family adjust and start meeting new friends, Alice feels miserable and finds her new school lonely and cold.
One day, the world of Alice changes when her coke is injected or spiked and without her knowledge, she experiences an LSD trip. Her physical destruction is a worry, again to any mother and teenager. Her face becomes swollen and the once normal girl experiences a lot more shocking incidents.
In the end, Alice realizes the important lesson which is: the moment's excitement of the drug is far from worth as compared to the horrific after-effect on a person. Worse, it's the realization that it's never going to be easy to turn back to her normal life again.
Alice's dialogue with herself is through her diary, her way of being alive. Her last diary entry being September 21, signifies her death.
The
autobiography of Alice is so real in
Go Ask Alice. To the reader, it's terrifying, especially if you are a parent. One can't help but be anxious of the challenges growing children face in a world full of dangers, including exposure to these dangerous drugs. Any reader can't help but shed a tear for Alice and her agonizing helplessness.