Go Ask Alice

I read a book titled "Go Ask Alice". This is an honest, true diary about the life of a 15 year old drug user. The author is anonymous. I chose this story because I wanted to be informed about drugs and how it effects people's lives everyday, and I also thought reading a true diary would be interesting.

Alice's father was offerred a new job in Chicago, so the whole family, (Mom, Dad, Alice, her brother Tim, and her sister Alex), are moving away and starting off a new life. Alice is excited about this. She thinks that she can get away from her old, violent ex boyfriend Roger, and basically just turn into a whole different person! Oh, she turned into a different person alright. When they moved to Chicago, Alice was not happy. She was getting yelled at by her mother for going on a diet, and the only friend she made from school was a Jewish girl named Beth. But Beth was just one of those friends who came and went so quickly. Later on, Alice was unfortunately introduced to drugs. At first she thought it was just a one time thing, but eventually she became addicted...to almost every drug out there. When Alice was introduced, she got in to a whole bunch of trouble. She ran away to San Francisco with a girl she met from a boutique, Chris, and they did nothing but drugs, drugs, drugs! They almost never came back home. But when they did, Alice thought her life was perfect and she was practically away from drugs COMPLETELY. She knows what they do to you, and she doesn't want any more of it. But right when you think somethings going to go perfect, it doesn't. Alice had a bad trip, or a "bummer", and everything went terrible. She actually ended up being put into a mental institute for a while. But you usually can NEVER break away from drugs once you are addicted, and unfortunately, Alice hadn't realized that until it was too late.

One thing I liked about this book was that is was VERY detailed, which gave me images in my mind throughout the whole intire story. Another thing is that it makes you think, and has a message to it that could actually change someones life if they read it. The book is so true and so heart-warming that sometimes I couldn't even put it down. There was only one thing I didn't like about this story, and that was just that it is sometimes hard to follow because of how frequently they introduce new characters. But I always ended up getting back on track. I would DEFFINATELY recommend this book to a friend, and also people who are about 13 or older who would like to be informed about what drugs really do to you and how it makes people feel. I seriously think anyone could like this book if they really got connected to it!