From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... convince anyone
that there is only one ...
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
2.
... convince ourselves
it isn't so.
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
When, however, the perfectly logical assumption is suggested that underneath the material
world and life as we see it, there is an All Powerful, Guiding, Creative Intelligence, right
there our perverse streak comes to the surface and we laboriously set out to convince ourselves it isn't so.
3.
... convince the
agent that he really needed ...
BB p.171,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
No beer or liquor was sold in the neighborhood, except at
the State liquor agency where perhaps one might procure a pint if he could convince the agent that he really needed it.
4.
... convince the
membership that a new light ...
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
By late 1937, the number of members having substantial sobriety
time behind them was sufficient to convince the
membership that a new light had entered the dark world of the alcoholic.
5.
... convince them
more than our words.
BB p.83,
Into Action
6.
... convince those
about us that we are ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
As soon as we begin to feel confident in our new way of life and have begun, by our behavior and example, to
convince those about us that
we are indeed changing
for the better, it is usually safe to talk in complete frankness with those who
have been seriously affected, even those who may be only a little
or not at all aware of what we have done to them.
7.
... convince you
and your doctor that he ...
BB p.114,
To Wives
If he is already committed to an institution, but can convince you and your doctor that
he means business, give him a chance to try our method, unless the doctor thinks his mental condition too abnormal
or dangerous.
8.
... convince your
husband he wants to stop ...
BB p.116,
To Wives
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