Beth,

       My opinion is that many people can sober up in AA and then "find" the
church.
Others, like me, use AA for their church. Then others find AA and then
develope a healthy spiritual life in the church. The common denominator, is an
obsession. People experiencing alcoholism tend to have obsessive personalities.
Obsessions, of their nature, give rise to extremes in many things.

Bobby

> I've had a number of friends who have seemed to
> turn to the more fringe ends of Christianity once sobered up.  Just
> wondering if I have an odd sampling or not.
>