Originally Posted by
DriGuy 
Catholics in my AA group laughingly referred to themselves as recovering Catholics. I was not sure exactly why. None ever went into any explanation, but I thought it was a playful snipe at their previous conditioning.
I rejoined the Catholic faith after around 10 years of sobriety.
To me, it fits like a hand in a glove with the 12 Steps of AA.
I went to Catholic (all boy) schools for 9 1/2 years and got a lot out of it.
But I also literally got out of it by transferring to a public school to finish high school.
My faith and my working the 12 Steps and my taking meds are the 3 legs of the stool on which my mental, emotional and spiritual health balance.