From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... assure him
that he is on his ...
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
As soon as a man can say that he does believe, or is
willing to believe, we
emphatically assure
him that he is on his way.
2.
... assure him,
which no one ever had, ...
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
Following his physical rehabilitation, he had a talk with me in which he frankly stated he thought the treatment a
waste of effort, unless I could assure him,
which no one ever had, that in the future he
would have the "will power"
to resist the impulse to
drink.
3.
... assure us
that, after all, a lively ...
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
Those who did would sometimes assure us that, after all, a lively bender was only a good man's fault.
4.
... assure you
that A.A.'s tread innumerable paths ...
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
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