The Book "Go Ask Alice", written by an anonymous 15-year-old drug user, is about the degeneration of a life, soul and body. It is a tale of fear, courage, hate, pain, and the ultimate fight to survive. The story is tough and uncompromising, honest and disturbing. "Go Ask Alice" is a diary of a teenage girl who was involved with and addicted to drugs in the late sixties. This book starts as a teenager's daily diary. Almost everyday for about 2 years, 'Alice' writes in her diary, expressing her feelings and thoughts about what's going on in her world. Alice goes through many hard times in her life dealing with drug abuse, sex, runaways, prostitution, rape, homelessness, mental hospitals, infidelity, and a whole lot of other subjects in the same vein.
             The Book starts off with 'normal' days and a normal family, and with the blink of an eye 'Alice' turns towards drugs, sex, and running away. The first time drugs came into Alice's mind was when she was invited to a party. One of the kids spiked her drink with LSD, as she began a frightening journey into darkness. This typical teenager thoughtfully and articulately outlined what growing up is like for a lot of young people. While the primary lesson of the diary is not to use drugs, I feel the book shows the reader more than that. From the first several pages of the book, even before the drug use started, I saw a young teen who was constantly struggling to fit in. not only with her peers, but her family, and more importantly, with herself.
             This book is like taking a walk through the mind of an adolescent drug user. The way they look, get, think, and feel. 'Alice' is just a kid like any other – sad, scared, alone, confused and without the support she needs to stay on track. We follow the ups and downs, triumphs and setbacks of a girl like so many others. We could recognise the fear, and feel for her confu...