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
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. – Susan Cheever
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. – Susan Cheever
Whenever there was a crisis, I found a man to help me take the edge off the feelings of helplessness and pain. – Susan Cheever
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. – Susan Cheever
There were a number of books about Bill Wilson, and by him, but a lot of the basic biographical tasks had not been done. – Susan Cheever
Women’s currency is their looks. Like it or not, the most powerful woman is an 18-year-old woman. – Susan Cheever
