From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
BEDROCK occurs
2 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... bedrock.
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
By now the
newcomer has
probably arrived at the
following conclusions: that his
character defects,
representing instincts gone astray, have been the
primary cause of his
drinking and his
failure
at
life; that
unless he is
now
willing to
work hard at the
elimination of
the
worst of these
defects, both
sobriety and
peace of
mind will still
elude him; that all the
faulty
foundation of his
life
will have to be
torn out and
built anew on
bedrock.
2.
... bedrock upon
which happy and purposeful lives ...
12&12 p.21,
Step One
Our
admissions of
personal powerlessness finally
turn out to be
firm bedrock upon which
happy and
purposeful lives may be
built.
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