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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/i-think-12-step-programs-really-work-rehab-really-works-certain-types/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

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## More by Susan Cheever

> [Pregnancy is difficult for women but it is even more difficult for men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/pregnancy-is-difficult-for-women-but-it-is-even-more-difficult-for-men/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

> [Dogs are great teachers. They are at home in the world. They live in the moment, and they force us to stay there with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/dogs-are-great-teachers-they-are-at-home-in-the-world-they-live-in/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

> [When Tolstoy wrote that all happy families are alike, what he meant was that there are no happy families.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/when-tolstoy-wrote-that-all-happy-families-are-alike-what-he-meant/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

> [I believe that the memoir is the novel of the 21st century; it’s an amazing form that we haven’t even begun to tap…we’re just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/i-believe-that-the-memoir-is-the-novel-of-the-21st-century-it-s-an/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

> [If a woman is surrounded by lovers or if a woman has a lot of guys asking her out, that's considered wonderful. As a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/if-a-woman-is-surrounded-by-lovers-or-if-a-woman-has-a-lot-of-guys/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

> [There is no such thing as expecting too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/there-is-no-such-thing-as-expecting-too-much/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

> [All writers have strengths and weaknesses. I am terrified of being boring, so I write short, compressed stories that sometimes don't give a reader…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/all-writers-have-strengths-and-weaknesses-i-am-terrified-of-being/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

> [ Our \[western\] culture embraces sex addiction. If I drink too much or rack up credit-card debt or lose the rent in Vegas, that's bad.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/our-western-culture-embraces-sex-addiction-if-i-drink-too-much-or/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/there-were-a-number-of-books-about-bill-wilson-and-by-him-but-a-lot/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

> [There is no other closeness in human life like the closeness between a mother and her baby - chronologically, physically, and spiritually they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/there-is-no-other-closeness-in-human-life-like-the-closeness-between/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

> [The actual American childhood is less Norman Rockwell and Walt Disney than Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/the-actual-american-childhood-is-less-norman-rockwell-and-walt-disney/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

> [Personal experience is the lightning of the soul; it transforms the heart in ways that leave the brain behind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/personal-experience-is-the-lightning-of-the-soul-it-transforms-the/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

> [Love is a great wrecker of peace of mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/love-is-a-great-wrecker-of-peace-of-mind/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

> [There is some consensus: There's obsession, there's never satiety, and there's always remorse. For me, the big thing is that you're always breaking a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/there-is-some-consensus-there-s-obsession-there-s-never-satiety-and/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/i-think-12-step-programs-really-work-rehab-really-works-certain-types/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

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