Our admissions of personal powerlessness finally turns out to be firm bedrock upon which happy and purposeful lives may be built. ~ Page 21, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, Alcoholics Anonymous, page 21.

Bedrock, the foundation,
stability in a chaotic world.
Rock bottom. A precious start.
How can it be the same
as personal powerlessness?
It’s personal powerlessness
We dig away to find the bedrock…
all my determination to fix it,
to do it myself, my stubborn streak,
my self-sufficiency —
when these are shoved aside,
dismissed as drivel,
recognized as ineffectual
then the bedrock appears
and recovery can be built.