Where She Went question

yes, i truly agree with what you say.
Forman didn't portray him to be an addict or a 'sore indulged rockstar' she portrayed him as a broken young man who has somewhat lost his connection to his music, and is alienaed despite the clutches of crowds and peers.
It also shows that Adam really did Mia, because he never did talk about Bryn the way he talked about Mia or even to her. He would always refer to Bryn as if she had to be spoken about because their in a relationship, not because he loves her, or even likes her on that matter
So it can be concluded that just because Adam was on pills (pescribed ones, not anythin illegal), smoking and drinking didn't make him a steorotypical rockstar wasting gis money, it seems he was attemptenig to forge a solance in his oasis, with his oasis being by himself with the war torn expericence of Mia and what he has left of her

I think the anxiety and pill use was used to show how Adam was having trouble dealing with not only the loss of Mia but of her entire family. He wasn't really an addict but I think his depression and all the pressure he felt to carry the band spurred anxiety and that was how he was able to get through the day.

I think he always had anxiety and problems with coping even before the events of If I Stay, and so then her "leaving" him made it just that much more difficult. And then having unlimited resources allowed him to have access to pills and alcohol and drugs. I think she was trying to show mostly that sometimes what you dream of, and achieving that dream could lead to your downfall. And I always like to look at Adam and Mia's dad as foils because her dad achieves his dreams in smaller doses and a lower scale whereas Adam achieved his dreams almost overnight. The difference being Mia's dad could deal with the lifestyle change because he was happy but also had something grounding him whereas Adam didn't.

From a realistic standpoint, he probably was and I think the pills and alcohol issue was glossed over a bit. I guess the author wanted to depict Adam as having "issues" but didn't want them to be serious enough to take away from the direction that she wanted the story to go in. If she made him an addict and an alcoholic, realistically, that would be something that reuniting with Mia would not be able to magically fix.

I think the author's intention was to show how far Adam had fallen after Mia left. His struggle was not understanding why Mia left. It wasn't until Mia explained her hatred for him for making her stay and the promise he made that he began to understand and was accepting life without Mia. It makes me wonder if that moment made him whole again and had they not reunited he still could live a better life without anxiety and drugs.

i think that the pills were because of his anxiety, depression, and anger. but the drinking and smoking could have been used to show that he was a rock star or maybe the same reason as the pills