How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
I don't think the sleeping pills Doctor Langley gave me are as strong as the ones Gramps had because I have to take two of these and sometimes even three. (64.1)
That's the thing about drugs: Sometimes you need to start taking higher doses to achieve the same effect because your body gets used to them. This is the start of a pretty slippery slope, and Alice is clueless.
Quote #5
I have to take Dexies to stay high at school and at work and on dates and to do my homework, then I have to take tranquilizers to bear up at home. (74.2)
Do you have to, Alice? Or do you want to? It sounds like she's found the perfect cocktail of uppers and downers to get her through the day, and she'll justify it any way possible.
Quote #6
But next time I won't be so stupid, except there won't be any next time! I will never ever, ever, under any circumstances use drugs again. They are the root and cause of this whole rotten, stinking mess I am in, and I wish with all my heart and soul that I had never heard of them. (90.1)
This won't be the first time we hear this refrain—Alice can't resist the siren call of drugs.