Holding these babies in my arms makes me realize the miracle my husband and I began.

And I have always told the patients when I talk to them. When they come around and say, "What will you have to drink? Oh that's right you don't drink." Just speak up and say, 'Of course I drink. But I just don't drink alcohol.'

I don't look at what I've lost. I look instead at what I have left.

I have an independent streak. You know, it's kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.

I know I was an alcoholic because I was preoccupied whether alcohol was going to be served or not.

What man could afford to pay for all the things a wife does, when she's a cook, a mistress, a chauffeur, a nurse, a baby-sitter? But because of this, I feel women ought to have equal rights, equal Social Security, equal opportunities for education, an equal chance to establish credit.

Friends aren't any more important than breath or blood to a high school senior.