Originally Posted by
Pigtails 
...are there alcoholics who are upstanding, honest people?...
No.
Alcoholics are all the same, a bunch of lieing degenerates who are morally bankrupt and can't be trusted.
Seriously though, remember that the AA book was written before WWII, and things have changed a lot since then. That doesn't mean there's no value in the AA book, I read it and found it helpful.
Having the disease of alcoholism doesn't make you a morally deficient or a bad person, in my opinion. Though alcohol affects your judgement and certainly made me do things I otherwise wouldn't have done. Things which I am accountable for.