Strictly speaking, the name of the book's protagonist isn't Alice, although that's how it's often given in publicity materials. The title is a reference to a 1960s song called "White Rabbit," in which the singer suggests going to Alice when she's "ten feet tall," the implication being that she's in a state of acute drug intoxication. This reference in turn relates to Alice in Wonderland where Alice eats mushrooms to make her bigger or smaller.
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Strictly speaking, the name of the book's protagonist isn't Alice, although that's how it's often given in publicity materials. The title is a reference to a 1960s song called "White Rabbit," in which the singer suggests going to Alice when she's "ten feet tall," the implication being that she's in a state of acute drug intoxication. This reference in turn relates to Alice in Wonderland where Alice eats mushrooms to make her bigger or smaller.
The protagonist of the story is actually unnamed, but does indeed get sent to a psychiatric hospital. This takes place after she appears to have abandoned her life of drug abuse and prostitution, and with the help of a priest, has managed to get back on her feet and return home to her family. Now that she's off drugs, she becomes the subject of abuse by her former friends, who still take narcotics on a regular basis. After a campaign of harassment and bullying at school, the author's former friends forcibly subject her to a dose of drugs. The ensuing bad trip leads to mental and physical damage, which causes her to be sent to a psychiatric facility.
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