> agreed, like a meat market without cocktails...(and usually not a whole
> lot of recovery happening.)
>
> -Steve

Yeah, that's what makes the 13th step jerks so offensive. It isn't
just the sexual opportunism, although it's always pretty horrible when
someone takes advantage of people who are already weakened, vulnerable and
needing help. The worst part is that it interferes with the real help that
the target was looking for when they came into the rooms. If one of the
after effects of that kind of opportunism is to drive the person back out to
drinking, it can amount to some kind of homicide.
A lot of the people with this particular set of problems are dealing
with issues of self loathing that are some of the reasons they are self
medicating with alcohol. Being used by someone to whom they were looking
for help can aggravate those feelings and send them back into the downward
spiral.
Stuff to avoid, eh?
Dan