The book I read was Go Ask Alice, author unknown. It was published in 1971 by Avon books. In this book, there were many different teen issues such as starting over at a new school, problems with family relationships and discovering sexuality. However, the most important teen issues discussed in the book were drug abuse and death from drug abuse.
Drug abuse can be defined as a problem that can raise crime rate and anti-social behavior, also risking the lives of the young teens that have the problem. According to the National Commission, the social meaning of the word "drug", generally will focus on genetic defects, toxicity, fatality, dependence on the drug and risks of taking in high doses. All drugs, when used at high dose levels, can be dangerous. A drug overdose can cause serious physical and or mental damage.
In the book, some of the characters that experienced drug use were Alice, Chris, Jill, Richie, Ted, Sheila and Babbie. It takes place during the late 1960s. This was a time when experimenting with drugs was not uncommon. Throughout the book Alice experimented with such drugs as acid, marijuana and heroin. Because of her drug abuse problem, Alice ended up in an insane asylum. Also, as a result to her drug abuse, like thousands of people, Alice died about three weeks after leaving the asylum due to a drug overdose.
This book Go Ask Alice was realistic. It was the diary entries of a real young girl facing a drug abuse problem. Alice tried a number of times to come clean from drugs and was even placed into an insane asylum. However, it never helped for long. If I were in that situation, I would have looked to someone for help. I would have prolonged the help as long as I could to try to make sure it wouldn't happen again. .
I feel that, in many ways, this book could help someone with a drug abuse problem. By reading and understanding this book, you can see the effects that drugs have on a person and the way they can dominate a person's life.
Go Ask Alice The 1970s were a time of change, a time of revolution. ... Alice of "Go Ask Alice" would have been greatly influenced by this era of time. ... So, maybe Alice would have been okay. ... Of course, these weren't the only things going on during the seventies. ... All of these events would have had a large impact on the life of Alice of "Go Ask Alice". ...
In the book Go ask Alice , by Grace Slick, the main character Alice had suffered in a way that forced her to escape from her home to avoid her family. ... That was the time her parents noticed there was something going on with Alice Anonymous. Alice's best friend helped her and got her things that she needed. ... In the end, Alice came back home clean and didn't have any more trouble with drugs. ... The part I disliked about the book was when she was raped and what people made her go through. ...
Included in this bunch is a girl named Jan who Alice used to be friends with. ... Her only escape from all this is a guy named Joel, who goes to the university her father teaches at. ... Larson called Alice to do the job. ... So while she was high, she started basically going insane, and she was feeling the slimy, warm bodies of the worms crawling on top of her body, and she ripped chunks of flesh and skin and hair off, trying to get them off. ... At this point, she was screaming, and the neighbors came in and called the police, and Alice had to lie in the hospital for a long time, and after, ...
It talks about a young girl named Alice who moved to a new state and started high school. She meets a friend in her new school but when she goes away for the summer all bad things begin to happen. ... Alice dropped out of school and she left her house. ... Read this book and find out what happens to Alice. ... Drugs mess you up and make you do bad things, you can tell that by the way Alice acts. ...
Go Ask Alice is based on the actual diary of a fifteen-year-old drug user. ... Thompson Due to the fact that for a extensive amount of time, about a year to be exact, Alice didn't understand that sex, drugs, or insanity was a depraved way to live her life. ... As for Alice, she always thought if it felt good why can't she enjoy it? ...
Alice the goes in a sleep like dream into "Wonderland". She goes through many obstacles and meets new characters, like the 'Mad Hatter, Cheshire-Cat, Queen of Hearts'. ... " Alice asks this question of herself in Chapter 2 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, just after she has grown to a giant size and frightened the White Rabbit away. ... " Alice asks how long forever is and the white rabbit explains to her, how it can only be a few seconds. ... The rabbit explains that you are only a child for such a small amount of time, and that there is no escape to go...
As to her identity that is also common when going through these stages. ... She has to go with the flow. ... The reason why they picked a caterpillar to tell Alice this is because of all the changes that the caterpillar goes through. ... Alice's first big break through is when she goes to the Duchess" house. ... When she asks if she can take the baby it is like she is almost ready for children and to become a mother herself. ...
