From Whiskey to Water – Sam Cowen
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“My name is Samantha and I’m an alcoholic.” If you’re battling with addiction or looking for inspiration on self-acceptance then this is a book you should pick up
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Book Author | Sam Cowen |
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Binding | Softcover |
Publisher | MF Books Joburg |
Published Date | 2016 |
Condition | Very Good (VG) |
Condition Description | Very good condition with no significant faults. Book is clean and binding is intact. Original price sticker attached |
ISBN-13 | 9781920601720 |
Weight (grams) | 300 |
Shipping Weight (grams) | 500 |
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“Whiskey to Water” is the no-holds-barred memoir by one of South Africa’s most loved radio talk show hosts, Sam Cowen. Having kept her alcohol addiction well away from the public eye for over 14 years, in this tell-all tale Sam finds the courage to talk about her struggle with her addiction to whiskey, food and finally to a passion that saved her life – marathon swimming. Told in her characteristically hilarious dead-pan style, this is one of the bravest books you’ll read this year. “So this is a book on how I stopped drinking? No, it’s not. It’s how I stopped drinking, started eating, became clinically severely obese, stopped eating (everything that wasn’t nailed down) and swam my way to freedom. No, it’s not. It’s actually about addiction and learning and sadness and anxiety and love and drive. It’s about channelling the unchangeable into the miraculous. It’s about dragons and learning how to put them to sleep when you can’t slay them. It’s about being my own Daenarys.”
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