[Moneyguy1]

I don't have any generalities to add.

All I can say is I had a number of years that I was married to an alcoholic and prescription drug abuser (now deceased, rest her soul) who, after going through a month of drying out in a center, did not drink anymore, but turned to religion and my evenings and weekends were spent listening to "praise the Lord" tapes. She became judgemental, authoritative, extremely opinionated and got extremely upset if anyone told her she was wrong on anything. A counselor advised me that one addiction (alcohol) can be substituted by another (religion) in many cases. According to the staff at the place she sobered up, many alcoholics are simply addicts, needing something to be addicted to, and many are emotionally immature or regress over time.

BTW...CAT scans showed physical changes that could be readily attributed to the drugs and alcohol. The changes, according to her doctor were permanent and irreversable and she ultimately died of an cerebral aneurism.