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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

convicted
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CONVINCE   occurs   8 times 7 in BB  •  1 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
See also...   convinces
convinced
convincing
conviviality

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1.
  ... convince anyone that there is only one ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.28
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 We Agnostics, p.49
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 Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.171
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 Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvii
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 Into Action, p.83
Our behavior will convince them more than our words.


6.
  ... convince those about us that we are ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.85
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 To Wives, p.114
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 To Wives, p.116
It may convince your husband he wants to stop drinking forever.


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