TORN in Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous, 12 Steps and 12 Traditions

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

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tormenting

TORN occurs 2 times (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)

tornado

torture

tortured

... torn asunder because they were designed for, ... 12&12 p.176, Tradition Ten

All history affords us the spectacle of striving nations and groups finally torn asunder because they were designed for, or tempted into, controversy.

... torn out and built anew on 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.

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