Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks (as "Anonymous") - Starting August 15th 2018

[Sarah]

A teen plunges into a downward spiral of addiction in this classic cautionary tale.

January 24th

After you've had it, there isn't even life without drugs....

It started when she was served a soft drink laced with LSD in a dangerous party game. Within months, she was hooked, trapped in a downward spiral that took her from her comfortable home and loving family to the mean streets of an unforgiving city. It was a journey that would rob her of her innocence, her youth -- and ultimately her life.

Read her diary.

Enter her world.

You will never forget her.

For thirty-five years, the acclaimed, bestselling first-person account of a teenage girl's harrowing decent into the nightmarish world of drugs has left an indelible mark on generations of teen readers. As powerful -- and as timely -- today as ever, Go Ask Alice remains the definitive book on the horrors of addiction.

[Rae]

I actually haven't read this since school... I am down to re read!

[Rae]

Started a bit early!

[Rae]

Sept- Aug (view spoiler)[ Is it really that easy to go get drugs? I mean I guess it was back in the day but is it really like that now? (hide spoiler)]

Sept-Feb (view spoiler)[ I guess I feel bad for the parents but honestly I feel like they were a bit oblivious. Maybe if they were paying more attention to her than this wouldn't have happen. Also the psychiatrist is a bit slow or something. (hide spoiler)]
Apr-May(view spoiler)[ I feel bad for the Father it seems like he is really trying to get her on the right track and even though she is supposed to be trying to stay on the straight and narrow I can see that she is having a hard time. (hide spoiler)]
June-fin (view spoiler)[ I don't think locking people away is good for any type of rehab, no matter the case. Even with everything that was happening with her I figured she was going to fall back off the wagon. I remember feeling real bad for her when I read this book back in highschool. I still feel bad for them that she couldn't deal with the pressures that life threw her, and also for her family that they couldn't help her in time. (hide spoiler)]

[Cinthia]

I want to read this one so bad...

[Kyra]

Sept-Aug (view spoiler)[ I started reading this thinking that the author did a good job with the character development, then I realized that this was based off a true story, and like holy crap. It's crazy that someone could actually change this quickly (hide spoiler)]

[Kyra]

Sept-Feb (view spoiler)[ I agree with Rae. On the one hand I feel sympathetic for the parents, but on the other hand I keep wondering how hey don't notice. Like come on, it's so damn obvious! (hide spoiler)]

[Kyra]

March-June (view spoiler)[ It's hard to understand her sometimes, and usually when I notice that she is harder to understand that's when she is having the hardest time. It's just crazy that one night she picks on of the drinks that happens to be spiked is what set all of this off. (hide spoiler)]

[Cinthia]

25% (view spoiler)[ Wow this girl is super crazy!!! How is she even thinking it will be alright to turn Roger into LSD by tricking him just like she was tricked. I hope she is not pregnant. I think now she addicted to the tranquilizers. She needs to talk to someone about the drugs!!! Why are kids so ignorant? (hide spoiler)]

[Cinthia]

50% (view spoiler)[ Wow I can’t believe it’s that bad that she is even thinking about setting her LITTLE brother on drugs so that SHE can get high. This girl just doesn’t learn, it is crazy to think that drugs can really get a hold on you, even after all the crap she has been going through she just minimizes it. Getting raped, molested, homeless, alone, she just doesn’t care. (hide spoiler)]

[Cinthia]

71% (view spoiler)[ OMG would Jan really do that? Would they really set her little sister up so she can get hung up on drugs too just to get back at her? And then to threaten her that they would also set up her father? This is bordering on super crazy! (hide spoiler)]

[Cinthia]

Finished... (view spoiler)[ Really? was that Epilogue necessary? I was so happy for her, she was finally getting her life together and making better choices, and having friends, and her boyfriend loved her... ugh I am so mad! (hide spoiler)]

[Cinthia]

Kyra wrote: "Sept-Aug [spoilers removed]"

Yes I agree, things just happened so fast.

[Cinthia]

Kyra wrote: "Sept-Feb [spoilers removed]"

Kids are amazing at hiding things. Sometimes it's hard to even accept it even if you see it.

[Cinthia]

Kyra wrote: "March-June [spoilers removed]"

People are so trusting of other people and what sucks is that those druggies just want to get you hooked.

[Cinthia]

Rae wrote: "Sept- Aug [spoilers removed]

Sept-Feb [spoilers removed]
Apr-May[spoilers removed]
June-fin [spoilers removed]"

How does that epilogue make you guys feel... I am so infuriated!