Big Book - Alcoholics Anonymous - 4th Edition, More About Alcoholism, pg. 33

"To be gravely affected, one does not necessarily have to drink a long time nor take the quantities some of us have. This is particularly true of women. Potential female alcoholics often turn into the real thing and are gone beyond recall in a few years."

 ~ Big Book - Alcoholics Anonymous - 4th Edition, More About Alcoholism, pg. 33~