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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
CONVINCED occurs
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1.
... 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
We
hope you are
convinced now
that
God can
remove whatever
self-will has
blocked you
off from Him.
4.
... convinced of
his new status beyond the ...
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
The others
must be
convinced
of his new
status beyond
the
shadow of a
doubt.
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
Thus was I
convinced that
God
is
concerned with us
humans when we
want Him
enough.
10.
... convinced that
he cannot recover by himself.
BB p.96,
Working With Others
If you
leave such a
person
alone, he may soon
become convinced that he cannot
recover
by himself.
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
And above all he is finally
convinced that
reckless romancing is
not a way of
life for him.
13.
... convinced that
self, manifested in various ways, ...
BB p.64,
How It Works
14.
... convinced that
such simple rules of fair ...
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
We
became convinced that
such
simple rules of
fair play and
decency would be
enough.
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
We are
convinced to a
man that
alcoholics of our
type
are in the
grip of a
progressive illness.
18.
... convinced us
that we are alcoholics and ...
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
You have
convinced us that we are
alcoholics and that our
lives are
unmanageable.
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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