“The speaker spoke to us of her life’s journey with alcohol. She began her affair with alcohol in her early teens, made it to an AA meeting by 18. Many years later, she willingly arrived after so much pain and destruction for others and herself. At the end of her drinking, King Alcohol proved to be the great persuader.”
Persuade — to prevail on a person by advice, urging, reason, inducements etc., to do something to induce persons to do or believe something.
My depression deepened unbearably, and finally it seemed to me as though I was at the very bottom of the pit. For the moment, the last vestige of my proud obstinacy was crushed.
— Page 63 A.A. Comes of Age
