Addiction isn't about substance - you aren't addicted to the substance, you are addicted to the alteration of mood that the substance brings.
— Susan Cheever
Whenever there was a crisis, I found a man to help me take the edge off the feelings of helplessness and pain.
The program of A.A., as written by Bill Wilson and Dr. Smith, only has one purpose: to get you sober. That's it. To make you a better person, forget it. That was one of the things he came to understand in those years of trial and error. It has to be about only one thing.
Falling in love as we know it is an addictive experience.
A fierce literary woman with a penchant for married men, Margaret Fuller was ultimately torn between motherhood and her final career as a political reporter.
There were a number of books about Bill Wilson, and by him, but a lot of the basic biographical tasks had not been done.
Women's currency is their looks. Like it or not, the most powerful woman is an 18-year-old woman.
When women are angry at men, they call them heartless. When men are angry at women, they call them crazy. Sometimes it doesn't stop there.
