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Coming Clean

Copyright © 2015 by Seth Haines

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Haines, Seth.

Coming clean : a story of faith / Seth Haines.

pages cm

ISBN 978-0-310-34364-6 (softcover) — ISBN 978-0-310-34365-3 (ebook)

1. Haines, Seth. 2. Alcoholics — Religious life. 3. Alcoholism — Religious aspects — Christianity. I. Title.

BV4596.A48H35 2015

248.8'6292092 — dc23 [B]

2015023669

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First printing August 2015