Principals before personalities is something you hear quite frequently in AA for a good reason. Drinking is just one symptom of our disease. It's quite a shock after your head clears up, and after time you see how some members of AA really are like. Sorry to tell you no matter where you go in life, people will be flawed. Most churches, therapist, and everywhere else you will see people just like your sponsor. I found the AA is what I make of it.