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> [Trying to describe the process of becoming an alcoholic is like trying to describe air. It's too big and mysterious and pervasive to be defined. Alcohol is everywhere in your life, omnipresent, and you're both aware and unaware of it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/trying-to-describe-the-process-of-becoming-an-alcoholic-is-like/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58d/caroline-knapp-7652_air_trying-to-describe-the-process-of-becomi_935280.jpg)

> [To a drinker the sensation is real and pure and akin to something spiritual: you seek; in the bottle, you find.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/to-a-drinker-the-sensation-is-real-and-pure-and-akin-to-something/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

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## Other authors on Drinkers

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-horace-42297.jpg) Horace 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drinkers/horace/)

## More by Caroline Knapp

> [I'm 38 and I'm single, and I'm having my most intense and gratifying relationship with a dog. But we all learn about love in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/i-m-38-and-i-m-single-and-i-m-having-my-most-intense-and-gratifying/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

> [The kinds of roles dogs fill can be hard to come by in human relationships. We touch the dog or the pet at whim.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/the-kinds-of-roles-dogs-fill-can-be-hard-to-come-by-in-human/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

> [It happened this way: I fell in love and then, because the love was ruining everything I cared about, I had to fall out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/it-happened-this-way-i-fell-in-love-and-then-because-the-love-was/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

> [Was he smart enough? Introspective enough? Was it just enough to love him, or should I attach myself to someone who seemed farther ahead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/was-he-smart-enough-introspective-enough-was-it-just-enough-to-love/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

> [Who has the best features? This was a little game, conducted several times and always with the same results, in seventh grade, the time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/who-has-the-best-features-this-was-a-little-game-conducted-several/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

> [“Life had this unmoored quality, full of voids and barely acknowledged yearnings, and if I'd made a list of things I wanted desperately at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/life-had-this-unmoored-quality-full-of-voids-and-barely-acknowledged/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

> [The hard things in life, the things you really learn from, happen with a clear mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/the-hard-things-in-life-the-things-you-really-learn-from-happen-with/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

> [When you're starving or wrapped up in a cycle of binge-ing-and-purging, or sexually obsessed with (someone), it is very hard to think about anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/when-you-re-starving-or-wrapped-up-in-a-cycle-of-binge-ing-and/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

> [Dogs are fantasies that don't disappoint.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/dogs-are-fantasies-that-don-t-disappoint/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

> [The clothes are different: pre-dog, I used to be very finicky and self-conscious about how I looked; now I schlep around in the worst…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/the-clothes-are-different-pre-dog-i-used-to-be-very-finicky-and-self/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

> [Dogs have such short life spans, it's like a concentrated version of a human life. When they get older, they become much more like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/dogs-have-such-short-life-spans-it-s-like-a-concentrated-version-of-a/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

> [Anorexia is a response to cultural images of the female body - waiflike, angular - that both capitulates to the ideal and also mocks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/anorexia-is-a-response-to-cultural-images-of-the-female-body-waiflike/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

> [By definition, memoir demands a certain degree of introspection and self-disclosure: In order to fully engage a reader, the narrator has to make herself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/by-definition-memoir-demands-a-certain-degree-of-introspection-and/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

> [Academic achievement was something I'd always sought as a form of reward. Good grades pleased my parents, good grades pleased my teachers; you got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/academic-achievement-was-something-i-d-always-sought-as-a-form-of/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

> [These are big trade-offs for a simple piece of cake - add five hundred calories, subtract well-being, allure, and self-esteem - and the feelings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/these-are-big-trade-offs-for-a-simple-piece-of-cake-add-five-hundred/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

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