Saved and Sober

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Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781482594317
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (943 download)

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Book Synopsis Saved and Sober by : Don Johnson

Download or read book Saved and Sober written by Don Johnson and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-09-06 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saved and Sober is a must read book for anyone, or a loved one, or a friend of someone who struggles with the curse of addictions. Saved and Sober is a book that illustrates God's Truth as it applies to addiction recovery. It exposes the lies and faults of man's many failed attempts at conquering this world-wide plague that claims millions of lives, and destroys millions of families each year in this country. A must read for anyone caught in this epidemic, or anyone interested in helping others who are. Everyone is affected by addictions either directly or indirectly. From the subtle trickle-down consequences of addictions such as higher taxes, higher health care costs and insurance rates, the moral decline of an entire society, to the more obvious results such as homelessness, crime, DUI highway fatalities, broken families, etc., everyone is impacted in some way. The war on drugs and the efforts of secular recovery programs have been a complete failure. The problem has grown exponentially into an out of control epidemic, even in the Church. It would appear to be, and actually is, a hopeless situation for those who don't know the one true and living God, The Creator. This book, through His Truth, will reveal His purpose for us regarding our battles with addictions. If you believe God's Word is the Truth, and you're ready to start living your life according to it, this book will show you how to apply His Word and be SAVED and SOBER!

S. O. B. E. R. *

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ISBN 13 : 9780692331477
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (314 download)

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Book Synopsis S. O. B. E. R. * by : Anita Baglaneas Devlin

Download or read book S. O. B. E. R. * written by Anita Baglaneas Devlin and published by . This book was released on 2015-01-14 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While laying in an empty bathtub in a Motel 6 in Vermont, Mike takes a handful of OxyContin and waits for the heart palpitations to kill him. As he starts to fade he reads a text on his phone, "Son, I love you and I need to know that you're OK." Struggling to understand why anyone would care about him because of his years of drug abuse, he responds, "Mom, no one can help me." Then, in a moment of clarity, he decides he wants there to be a tomorrow and to be a part of his family again. He makes the call for help to his mother; the call that saves his life. S.O.B.E.R.*, an acronym for "Son Of a Bitch Everything's Real" describes the moment Anita Devlin and her son Mike realize that denying his addiction to pain pills is destroying him. It is the defining moment when they commit to the courageous fight to get their lives back. This is when their family's road to recovery begins. S.O.B.E.R.* offers a rare glimpse at the daily, all consuming relationship between family and addiction, told simultaneously from a mother's view and an addict's perspective. Everyone thinks Mike has it all because he is a star varsity lacrosse player, does well in school and is popular with the girls. However, Mike feels completely alone on the inside. When sports related surgeries introduce him to the world of pain pills, he uses them to mask his insecurities and spirals downward. Once in treatment, he learns that drugs are the least of his problems. The real problem is his mind. The drugs aren't making his demons disappear, they are only masking them and burying them down deeper. Mike is confident that he can be sober but he is not convinced that he can be sober and happy. Anita thinks that being a mother gives her the right to negotiate with God for her child. She sits in church and pleads, "God, I don't care what happens to me, please just take care of my son." She lets go of everything that makes her strong until she has nothing to hold on to but fear. She is afraid of what will happen if she focuses on anything but her son. This is an addiction itself. Anita becomes sick physically and spiritually. She is ashamed that she is afraid of what people will think instead of helping her only son, and she is faced with yet another hurdle... a confrontation with the truth that she herself needs to get healthy and learn to let go. We are allowed a glimpse into the family's recovery through powerful "cost" letters including one from Mike's sister and from the innocent voice of the family dog. Despite an avalanche of life's misfortunes, nothing else matters as long as they don't lose Mike. Anita, her husband Michael and their daughter Alex join forces with the Caron Treatment Center where "the patient is the family, and the family is the patient." "Addiction is an octopus" says Anita, "Whose tentacles wrap tightly around us all choking the life out of everyone in its way. The whole family needs to recover together."

Saved and Sober

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ISBN 13 : 9781852400149
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (1 download)

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Book Synopsis Saved and Sober by : Hugh Graham

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The Sober Diaries

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Publisher : Coronet
ISBN 13 : 1473661889
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (736 download)

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Book Synopsis The Sober Diaries by : Clare Pooley

Download or read book The Sober Diaries written by Clare Pooley and published by Coronet. This book was released on 2017-12-28 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BY THE AUTHOR OF NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THE AUTHENTICITY PROJECT, THE BRAVE AND FUNNY MEMOIR THAT IS CHANGING LIVES. How one mother gave up drinking and started living. This is Bridget Jones Dries Out. Clare Pooley is a Cambridge graduate and was a Managing Partner at one of the world's biggest advertising agencies, and yet by eighteen months ago she'd become an overweight, depressed, middle-aged mother of three who was drinking more than a bottle of wine a day, and spending her evenings Googling 'Am I an alcoholic?' In a desperate bid to turn her life around, she quit drinking and started a blog. She called it Mummy Was a Secret Drinker. This book is the story of a year in Clare's life. A year that started with her quitting booze having been drinking more than a bottle of wine every day. It sees her starting a hugely successful blog, then getting and beating breast cancer. By the end of the year she is booze free and cancer free, two stone lighter and with a life that is so much richer, healthier and more rewarding than ever before. Sober Diaries is an upbeat, funny and positive look at how to live life to the full. Interwoven within Clare's own very personal and frank story is research and advice, and answers to questions like: How do I know if I'm drinking too much? How will I cope at parties? What do I say to friends and family? How do I cope with cravings? Will I lose weight? What if my partner still drinks? And many more.

Staying Sober

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Publisher : Herald Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 9780830904594
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (45 download)

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Book Synopsis Staying Sober by : Terence T. Gorski

Download or read book Staying Sober written by Terence T. Gorski and published by Herald Publishing House. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Saved from Addiction

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Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1512757322
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (127 download)

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Book Synopsis Saved from Addiction by : Chad T. Young

Download or read book Saved from Addiction written by Chad T. Young and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a true story of a man who struggled for 17 years with alcohol and drug addiction, as well as basic life management skills. Read how he journeyed from church as a young child, to turning to use of alcohol and drugs. The addiction progressed and soon came jail, overdoses, and a lot of emotional pain. At his lowest point he started to believe suicide was his only answer out of the prison he had placed himself into. On the night he decided to end it all, he began to think about eternity and talk to God. Read along as he moves through the path of skepticism and doubt, to a life committed to Jesus and trusting the Bible as Gods Word to teach him how to live. Today he works with men helping them to overcome addictions and other life-controlling issues through a relationship with Jesus Christ. If you or someone you know is struggling on this journey, then this story can help them understand more about the difficult battles, and shows how one person came through it VICTORIOUS!

Between Breaths

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Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1455559644
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (555 download)

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Book Synopsis Between Breaths by : Elizabeth Vargas

Download or read book Between Breaths written by Elizabeth Vargas and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beloved former ABC 20/20 anchor Elizabeth Vargas reveals her alcohol addiction and anxiety disorder in a shockingly honest and emotional memoir. Winner of the Books for a Better Life Award in the First Book category Instant New York Times and USA Today Bestseller From the moment she uttered the brave and honest words, "I am an alcoholic," to interviewer George Stephanopoulos, Elizabeth Vargas began writing her story, as her experiences were still raw. Now, in BETWEEN BREATHS, Vargas discusses her accounts of growing up with anxiety--which began suddenly at the age of six when her father served in Vietnam--and how she dealt with this anxiety as she came of age, eventually turning to alcohol for a release from her painful reality. The now-A&E Network reporter reveals how she found herself living in denial about the extent of her addiction, and how she kept her dependency a secret for so long. She addresses her time in rehab, her first year of sobriety, and the guilt she felt as a working mother who could never find the right balance between a career and parenting. Honest and hopeful, BETWEEN BREATHS is an inspiring read.

The Sober Lush

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593084829
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (93 download)

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Book Synopsis The Sober Lush by : Amanda Eyre Ward

Download or read book The Sober Lush written by Amanda Eyre Ward and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sober hedonist's guide to living a decadent, wild, and soulful life--alcohol-free. In a culture where sipping "rosé all day" is seen as the epitome of relaxation, "grabbing a drink" the only way to network; and meeting at a bar the quintessential "first date," many of us are left wondering if drinking alcohol really is the only way to cultivate joy and connection in life. Jardine Libaire and Amanda Eyre Ward wanted to live spontaneous and luxurious lives, to escape the ordinary and enjoy the intoxicating. Their drinking, however, had started to numb them to the present moment instead of unlocking it. Ward was introduced to Libaire when she first got sober. As they became friends, the two women talked about how they yearned to create lives that were Technicolor, beautifully raw, connected, blissed out, and outside the lines . . . but how? In The Sober Lush, Libaire and Ward provide a road map for living a lush and sensual life without booze. This book offers ideas and instruction for such nonalcoholic joys as: • The allure of "the Vanish," in which one disappears early from the party without saying goodbye to a soul, to amble home under the stars • The art of creating zero-proof cocktails for all seasons • Having a fantastic first date while completely sober • A primer on setting up your own backyard beehive, and honey tastings For anyone curious about lowering their alcohol consumption or quitting drinking altogether, or anyone established in sobriety who wants inspiration, this shimmering and sumptuous book will show you how to keep indulging in life even if you stop indulging in alcohol.

God Saved Me for a Reason

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Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1973685582
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (736 download)

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Book Synopsis God Saved Me for a Reason by : George Snodgrass

Download or read book God Saved Me for a Reason written by George Snodgrass and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2020-02-27 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This easy to read book will give you the hope and inspiration you need as you begin the process of recovery from addiction. As you take this journey from hell to recovery with George, you will discover insights that will motivate and encourage you to seek the road to recovery. There is no complex scientific data here, just straightforward information that will give you the best chance for recovery. The importance of the 12-step programs already in existence (which are based on Biblical principles) are also discussed, but the author adds a spiritual dimension to recovery by emphasizing the miraculous power and love available through Jesus Christ. You can get a jump-start on recovery by reflecting on the author’s journey, becoming aware of the 12-step programs, and contemplating the faith that inspired the song “Amazing Grace.” Even though the author felt hopeless at times and thought about giving up, deep down he knew that God was working in his life and saving him for a reason. That reason is revealed in this book as he encourages you to believe that life can be a wonderful experience. You’ll laugh and cry as you take this journey with George Snodgrass. You have nothing to lose and your life to gain.

Staying Sober Without God

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ISBN 13 : 9781733588003
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (88 download)

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Book Synopsis Staying Sober Without God by : Jeffrey Munn

Download or read book Staying Sober Without God written by Jeffrey Munn and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-10 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Staying Sober Without God is a guide for non-believers who want to get sober without an act of faith. Traditional 12-step programs push for a belief in God or a higher power. The practical 12 steps outlined in this book provide a path to lasting recovery that requires no belief in the supernatural.

Sober Mercies

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Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1455527734
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (555 download)

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Book Synopsis Sober Mercies by : Heather Harpham Kopp

Download or read book Sober Mercies written by Heather Harpham Kopp and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where do you turn for hope when you already have the answer--but the answer isn't working? As a long-time Christian, Heather Kopp never expected to become an out-of-control alcoholic who kept private stashes of booze all over the place--tucked behind books in her study, zipped into a special compartment in her oversized purse, at the back of her closet stuffed inside her boots. Even as her career and marriage teetered on the brink, Kopp couldn't get a grip, desperately hiding the true extent of her drinking from the rest of the world--her husband included. During the day she wrote books about God and prayer and family. At night she'd locked herself in her bathroom to guzzle chardonnay. For her, as for many Christians who struggle with addiction, overwhelming shame and confusion only made things worse. Why wasn't her faith enough to save her? Why didn't repentance, Bible reading and prayer work? Where was God? Meanwhile, as she watched in horror, her grown son descended into his own nightmare of drugs and alcohol. She feared for his life, yet she couldn't stop drinking long enough to help him--or find a way out for herself. Until the day everything changed. Engaging, funny and bracingly honest, Kopp shares her remarkable journey into darkness...and back to the light again. Her story reveals the unique challenges and spiritual conundrums Christians face when they become ensnared in an addiction, and the redemption that's possible when we finally reach the end of ourselves. If you love Jesus but shop too much, drink too much, eat too much, crush on men who aren't your husband, or otherwise fixate on doing things you hate but can't stop doing, SOBER MERCIES is for you. As you follow Kopp's sincere, stumbling journey toward freedom and a deeply satisfying relationship with God, you'll find renewed hope--and practical steps of recovery--for your own journey.

Saving Jake

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Publisher : Focusup Books
ISBN 13 : 9780996254304
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (543 download)

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Book Synopsis Saving Jake by : D'Anne Burwell

Download or read book Saving Jake written by D'Anne Burwell and published by Focusup Books. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: D'Anne Burwell's smart, athletic son-raised in a loving and prosperous home-begins abusing OxyContin as a teenager, and within a year drops out of college, walks out of rehab, and lands homeless on the streets of Boulder. Struggling with fear, guilt, and a desperate need to protect her son, D'Anne grapples with her husband's anger and her daughter's depression as the family disease of addiction impacts them all. She discovers the terrifying links between prescription-drug abuse and skyrocketing heroin use. And she comes to understand that to save her child she must step back and allow him to fight for his own soul. SAVING JAKE gives voice to the devastation shared by the families of addicts, and provides vital hope. Above all, it is a powerful personal story of love and redemption.

Now That You're Sober

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1592859844
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (928 download)

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Book Synopsis Now That You're Sober by : Earnie Larsen

Download or read book Now That You're Sober written by Earnie Larsen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-26 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written a decade before coronavirus pushed in-person meetings online and kept us home, this portable and practical workbook for the newly sober is a perfect coach for the present moment. In this portable recovery aftercare program, Earnie Larsen coaches readers through one full year of sobriety with personal, practical, actionable steps to help them refocus on the core concepts that are essential to sober living. Make no mistake about the intention of the guidance offered in this book. This is not just another "nice recovery book"--one that you read and then put aside, hopefully taking away a few good thoughts. My intention is that the material offered here should be chewed, pulled apart, scrutinized, and internalized. This book is designed to be worked. It is intended to provide support, insights, and exercises that will do something about the high relapse rate of people starting recovery.>-Earnie Larsen, From the introduction In this invaluable guide, renowned author and lecturer Earnie Larsen brings you a portable recovery aftercare program that you can easily integrate into your personal life ?and take with you anywhere you go.Now That You're Sober is an all-purpose, year-long compendium of recovery wisdom and inspiration to help those who are newly sober focus on practical applications of Twelve Step principles. Like a traditional aftercare program, it is designed to keep the basics of recovery front and center in your consciousness, as it is the loss of this awareness that causes relapse. In his characteristic down-to-earth, tell-it-like-it-is style, Larsen serves as your recovery coach, providing guidance and inspiration when you feel vulnerable in your sobriety, and helping you to move past common stumbling blocks and flourish in your daily life. Each of his fifty-two entries includes a motivational essay, or pep talk, centered on a key element of recovery, followed by personal, practical, actionable steps to help you refocus on the concepts and behaviors that are essential in a recovering person's life.Earnie Larsen is a nationally known pioneer in the field of recovery from addictive and unwanted behaviors. He has authored and produced more than fifty-five motivational self-help books and resources on a variety of topics ranging from managing interpersonal relationships to spirituality.

Saved, Sober and Sitting Pretty

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ISBN 13 : 9780692064221
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (642 download)

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Book Synopsis Saved, Sober and Sitting Pretty by : Ebony English

Download or read book Saved, Sober and Sitting Pretty written by Ebony English and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-14 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Saved, Sober & Sitting Pretty readers will be captivated by Ebony's story of triumph and reminded of how God is able to turn our pain into purpose. Ebony accounts her life growing up without her biological father, which lead to her insecurities and feelings of resentment and unworthiness. She speaks honestly and boldly on her darkest moments of suffering in silence and her twelve year battle with substance abuse. Broken and desperate for growth, Ebony has allowed God to heal her from the inside out and has made peace with her pieces!

Saving Sara

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1631528475
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (315 download)

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Book Synopsis Saving Sara by : Sara  Somers

Download or read book Saving Sara written by Sara  Somers and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly fifty years, Sara Somers suffered from untreated food addiction. In this brutally honest and intimate memoir, Somers offers readers an inside view of a food addict’s mind, showcasing her experiences of obsessive cravings, compulsivity, and powerlessness regarding food. Saving Sara chronicles Somers’s addiction from childhood to adulthood, beginning with abnormal eating as a nine-year-old. As her addiction progresses in young adulthood, she becomes isolated, masking her shame and self-hatred with drugs and alcohol. Time and again, she rationalizes why this time will be different, only to have her physical cravings lead to ever-worse binges, to see her promises of doing things differently next time broken, and to experience the amnesia that she—like every addict—experiences when her obsession sets in again. Even after Somers is introduced to the solution that will eventually end up saving her, the strength of her addiction won’t allow her to accept her disease. Twenty-six more years pass until she finally crawls on hands and knees back to that solution, and learns to live life on life’s terms. A raw account of Somers’s decades-long journey, Saving Sara underscores the challenges faced by food addicts of any age—and the hope that exists for them all.

The Pit of Despair

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Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1636983138
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (369 download)

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Book Synopsis The Pit of Despair by : Lisa Jo Barr

Download or read book The Pit of Despair written by Lisa Jo Barr and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2024-06-11 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pit of Despair is a raw and riveting account of one woman's triumphant journey from the abyss of addiction through the hope-filled world of recovery. Lisa Jo B. intimately guides the audience through her struggles with sex, cocaine, and food addiction, her near-fatal relapse, and her ultimate redemption through a conscious connection with God via a 12-step program. Beautiful, heartfelt prayers punctuate each chapter, designed for individual or group recitation, offering an interactive dimension to her story. Lisa Jo's vivid, emotional storytelling captures the devastating depths of addiction and the transformative joy of recovery, acting as a beacon of hope for those entangled in the thorny brambles of addiction. Her candid approach dismantles societal stigma around addiction, by reframing it as a disease rather than a moral failing, aiding in the release of those struggling with toxic shame. She further empowers her audience by teaching them how to craft powerful prayers, fostering a closer relationship with Jesus Christ. Uniquely straddling the domains of addiction recovery and Christian faith, this compelling memoir offers a potent remedy for those seeking a solution to their addiction, 12-steppers, and all believers in Christ who seek to better understand this profound struggle.

Clean, Sober & Saved

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (22 download)

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Book Synopsis Clean, Sober & Saved by : Tracy Strawberry

Download or read book Clean, Sober & Saved written by Tracy Strawberry and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: