Addiction isnt about substance - you arent addicted to the substance, you are addicted to the alteration of mood that the substance brings.

The actual American childhood is less Norman Rockwell and Walt Disney than Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe.

There were a number of books about Bill Wilson, and by him, but a lot of the basic biographical tasks had not been done.

Whenever there was a crisis, I found a man to help me take the edge off the feelings of helplessness and pain.

Love is a great wrecker of peace of mind.

Pregnancy is difficult for women but it is even more difficult for men.

I think 12-step programs really work, rehab really works, certain types of therapies and talking to other addicts really work. There are a lot of things that work - that isn't the problem. The problem is getting the addicts to say they're addicts. The problem is admitting it.