Looking for a word meaning: to convince, seduce

[Bufty]

Sustained unpleasant withdrawal symptons may tempt some to resume drinking.

 

[Peter Graham]

I can imagine "commanding voices," a common auditory hallucination in delirium tremens, may "sound" very convincing, but can they push or drive you?

No, but this is writing. If you allow yourself the conceit that the withdrawal symptoms are conscious in some way (which you impliedly do in the way you have constructed the sentence in the OP), then there is no harm in using words which underline that consciousness for dramatic effect.

If you are writing an academic or factual piece about the topic, lose the language of fiction and perhaps steer clear of the conceit entirely.

Regards

Peter

 

[Jonathan Dalar]

I can imagine "commanding voices," a common auditory hallucination in delirium tremens, may "sound" very convincing, but can they push or drive you?

The voices in my head have often driven me right to the edge. Sometimes they even push me over.

 

[Jamiekswriter]

beguile?

 

[Bufty]

This is getting farther and farther away from an online medical guide.