Coming Clean, Seth Haines
Coming Clean, Seth Haines
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Coming Clean
A Story of Faith

Author: Seth Haines, Shauna Niequist

Narrator: Seth Haines, Liz Stanislawski

Unabridged: 6 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 12/03/2019


Synopsis

Christianity Today Book Award Winner; ECPA Award FinalistBoldly honest, powerfully told, deeply moving - this is a story about finding yourself. Seth Haines' memoir holds up a mirror to all of our stories to show the peace that is possible when we release our addictions and receive the healing presence of God.Seth Haines was in the hospital with his wife, planning funeral songs for their not-yet two-year-old, when he made a very conscious decision: this was the last day he wanted to feel. That evening, he asked his sister to smuggle in a bottle of gin and gave in to addiction.But whether or not you've ever had a drop to drink in your life, this audiobook is for all who have sought ways to stop their pain. Like Seth, we're all seeking balms for the anxiety of what sometimes seems to be an absent, unresponsive God - whether it's through people-pleasing, social media likes, shopping, the internet, food, career highs, or even good works and elite theology. Too often we attempt to escape our anxiety through addiction - any old addiction. But it often leaves us feeling even more empty than before.In Coming Clean, Seth Haines writes a raw account of his first 90 days of sobriety, illuminating how to face the pain we'd rather avoid, and even more importantly, how an abiding God meets us in that pain. Seth shows us that true wholeness is found in facing our pain and anxieties with the tenacity and tenderness of Jesus, and only through Christ's passion can we truly come clean.

About Seth Haines

Seth Haines has experienced the grace that comes from a God who lives in mystery, who works through both joy and pain. Seth’s first book Coming Clean: A Story of Faith received a Christianity Today Award of Merit in the publication’s 2016 book awards. Seth’s poetry and prose has been featured in various publications, including In Touch Magazine, Fathom Magazine, Tweetspeak Poetry, and at SethHaines.com. He makes his home in the Ozarks with his wife, Amber Haines, and their four sons.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Anne on December 16, 2015

This memoir, which reads like a journal of Haines's first 90 days of sobriety, was absolutely fantastic. I didn't expect to resonate so powerfully with Haines's story about overcoming an addiction to drink, but as Haines writes, "we're all drunk on something." He makes the case that alcohol is just......more

Goodreads review by Shawn on October 23, 2015

We are, all of us, addicts. Coming Clean is a beautiful tale told by someone who has gone ahead of us, explored the vast terrain of inner sobriety, and can report back that it is, indeed, a good place to be.......more

Goodreads review by Tanya on December 17, 2015

This is a stunningly written, theologically rich, compellingly told memoir of a journey from alcoholism to sobriety, and from anger with God at unanswered prayer to a surrender to mystery. Seth Haines started drinking when his beautiful little boy - emaciated, weak - was seemingly dying of a mysteri......more

Goodreads review by Sean on December 14, 2015

For a person who isn't familiar with Coming Clean or the author, it would be easy to wander to the Christian Living section of the store and glaze over this title as another formula for self-help. I wish I could stop everyone of those people and ask them to please reconsider their assumption, and gi......more

Goodreads review by Amy on November 23, 2015

This book resonated with me in a deep way. It is the story of coming clean from an alcohol addiction, but it is also the story of wrestling with the theological ramifications of having a chronically ill child and struggling with knowing how to pray and if God even is listening. I have a son that has......more