From 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.
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Sam Cowen. From Whiskey to Water
From Whiskey to Water. Sam Cowen
Acknowledgments
Preface
Thinking
Why?
Memories/Blackouts
Knowing
Funny girl, funny drunk
Danger
Understanding
First step
Mirror, mirror, on the wall …
How much is enough?
A decade on a diet
The seesaw
Hope floats
Reach, pull, sweep
The island
The deep end
Surrender
Forever
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“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift.”
– MARY OLIVER, PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING POET, FROM THE POEM ‘THE USES OF SORROW’
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I tend to talk about myself in the third person when I am with her.
