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CONVICTIONS   occurs   7 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... convictions are.   BB p.93, Working With Others   Go to page 93 in the Big Book
Don't raise such issues, no matter what your own convictions are.


2.
... convictions galore, but we could not live ...   BB p.62, How It Works   Go to page 62 in the Big Book
Many of us had moral and philosophical convictions galore, but we could not live up to them even though we would have liked to.


3.
... convictions have not worked and why yours ...   BB p.93, Working With Others   Go to page 93 in the Big Book
But he will be curious to learn why his own convictions have not worked and why yours seem to work so well.


4.
... convictions no great obstacle to a spiritual ...   BB p.29, There Is A Solution   Go to page 28 in the Big Book
Surprisingly enough, we find such convictions no great obstacle to a spiritual experience.


5.
... convictions or not, they may do well ...   BB p.130, The Family Afterward   Go to page 130 in the Big Book
One more suggestion: Whether the family has spiritual convictions or not, they may do well to examine the principles by which the alcoholic member is trying to live.


6.
... convictions were very good, in his case ...   BB p.27, There Is A Solution   Go to page 27 in the Big Book
This hope, however, was destroyed by the doctor's telling him that while his religious convictions were very good, in his case they did not spell the necessary vital spiritual experience.


7.
... convictions with tact and common sense.   BB p.77, Into Action   Go to page 77 in the Big Book
When it will serve any good purpose, we are willing to announce our convictions with tact and common sense.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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