However, it is the fact or fiction, the story that Alice has to tell is one that teens can relate to and learn something from. Questions of whether or not “Alice” was real person have surfaced, and goodreads credits Beatrice Sparks as the author. But these experiences also have the potential to impact readers. There are very graphic descriptions of drug use, gang rape, and other horrifying experiences.
Published in 1971, the diary has acted as a cautionary tale to teen readers about the nightmares caused by drugs, not only on the diarist herself, but also on her family and friends. “Alice” was a good girl from a good home, and then she becomes a rebel, moving out of her house to the streets, fending for herself, and falling further and further down the rabbit hole. Her addiction robbed her of her youth, her innocence, and ultimately, her life. She went from living in a comfortable home, with a family that loved her, to living on the mean streets of a city that didn’t care about her. What followed was the diarist’s downward spiral. It was one party, one drink, but what she didn’t know was that that one drink was laced with LSD.
“January 24 th : After you’ve had it, there isn’t even life without drugs….” Go Ask Alice is the maybe-anonymous diary of a seventies teenager, cataloging her decent into addiction.
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