About Susan Cheever: Susan Cheever is a prize-winning best-selling writer well-known for her memoir, her writing about alcoholism, and her intimate understanding of American history.
There were a number of books about Bill Wilson, and by him, but a lot of the basic biographical tasks had not been done.
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 ...
Whenever there was a crisis, I found a man to help me take the edge off the feelings of helplessness and pain.
Addiction isn't about substance - you aren't addicted to the substance, you are addicted to the alteration of mood that the substance brings.
Falling in love as we know it is an addictive experience.
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.
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.
Women's currency is their looks. Like it or not, the most powerful woman is an 18-year-old woman.
