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CONVINCE   occurs   7 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... convince anyone that there is only one ...   BB p.28, There Is A Solution   Go to page 28 in the Big Book
We have no desire to convince anyone that there is only one way by which faith can be acquired.


2.
... convince ourselves it isn't so.   BB p.49, We Agnostics   Go to page 49 in the Big Book
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 membership that a new light ...   BB xvii, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire 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.


4.
... convince them more than our words.   BB p.83, Into Action   Go to page 83 in the Big Book
Our behavior will convince them more than our words.

5.
... 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.


6.
... convince you and your doctor that he ...   BB p.114, To Wives   Go to page 114 in the Big Book
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.


7.
... convince your husband he wants to stop ...   BB p.116, To Wives   Go to page 116 in the Big Book
It may convince your husband he wants to stop drinking forever.


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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