Robert L. Bevill, founder
My life is completely different today than it was in 2012 when I began my recovery journey. After almost three years of therapy, 12-step meetings and a long stay at a rehabilitation center - there was repeated relapse. Then one day, I was approached by a man after a meeting who offered to help. He introduced me to a group of men who were taking the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous deadly seriously. This was new to me! I wanted what they had. I was to discover that with the right coaching team, recovery was not only possible, but could proceed rapidly.
Addiction represents a deep maladjustment to life. We think we have a “drinking problem” or a “drug problem” but eventually we learn that these are merely symptoms of an underlying “living problem.” And that is why, to target the root, we must learn a new way of living - sober living - and this is not an overnight matter. In fact, the effort required is often vastly underestimated. And herein lies the extreme value of a coach and a team. Life is at stake. Without a coach - we may never get in the game.
I love being a part of people’s spiritual journey and witnessing the rising-up of a person as a result of guided activities in a connected fellowship of others all doing the same. It may be the great hope of humanity - to stop harming and to begin helping instead.
For when we help just one other person, the impact ripples out to still others and even into future generations. In fact; all of the 12-step programs across the globe and the millions of lives changed all trace back to one person helping another person, to one conversation between Doctor Bob Smith and Bill Wilson back in 1935. Wow!
And what was the missing link that they discovered? It was the restorative power of carrying the message of real hope to a person who feels hopeless. This message of hope is Bedrock to an addict in pain and it is restorative for those who carry the message.
A Prayer for Bedrock
I pray that Bedrock may carry a message of real hope to those who want and need it badly.
I pray that Bedrock may provide men a safe and stable refuge in which to tend the wounds of childhood and to make them sacred.
I pray that Bedrock may provide men with a foundation that they can build on.
I pray that Bedrock may help men become initiated into the kind of manhood that sees wisdom in using our gifts to serve others and better our world - and to realize that service is the only legacy that just might last forever.