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... convinced.
12&12 p.24,
Step One
After a few such experiences, often years before the onset of extreme difficulties,
he would return to us convinced.
2.
... convinced he
had to stop drinking, who ...
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
The story he told is most instructive, for here was
a chap absolutely convinced he had to stop drinking, who had no excuse for drinking, who exhibited splendid judgment and determination in all his other concerns, yet was flat on his back nevertheless.
3.
... convinced now
that God can remove whatever ...
BB p.71,
How It Works
4.
... convinced of
his new status beyond the ...
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
5.
... convinced of
the need for moral inventory, ...
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
Though he could not accept
all the tenets of the Oxford Groups, he was convinced of the need for moral inventory, confession of personality defects, restitution to those harmed, helpfulness to
others, and the necessity of belief in and
dependence upon God.
6.
... convinced of
their heartlessness, they would surprise ...
BB p.107,
To Wives
And just as we were being
convinced of their heartlessness, they would surprise us with fresh resolves and new attentions.
7.
... convinced that
a spiritual mode of living ...
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
8.
... convinced that
any life run on self-will ...
BB p.60,
How It Works
The first requirement
is that we be convinced that any life run
on self-will can hardly be a success.
9.
... convinced that
God is concerned with us ...
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
10.
... convinced that
he cannot recover by himself.
BB p.96,
Working With Others
11.
... convinced that
he has more problems than ...
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
By now, though, the chances are that he has become convinced that he has more problems than alcohol, and that some of these refuse to be solved by all
the sheer personal determination and courage he can muster.
12.
... convinced that
reckless romancing is not a ...
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
13.
... convinced that
self, manifested in various ways, ...
BB p.64,
How It Works
Being convinced that self, manifested in various ways, was what had defeated us, we considered its common manifestations.
14.
... convinced that
such simple rules of fair ...
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
15.
... convinced that
the group cannot get along ...
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
The bleeding deacon is
one who is just as surely convinced that the group cannot get along without him, who constantly connives for
reelection to office,
and who continues to be consumed with self-pity.
16.
... convinced that
we could live exclusively by ...
12&12 p.72,
Step Seven
For just so long as we were
convinced that we could live
exclusively by our own
individual strength
and intelligence, for just that long was a working faith in a Higher Power impossible.
17.
... convinced to
a man that alcoholics of ...
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
18.
... convinced us
that we are alcoholics and ...
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
19.
... convinced, we
were at Step Three, which ...
BB p.60,
How It Works
Being convinced, we were at
Step Three, which is that we
decided to turn our will and our life over to God as we understood Him.
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