It sounds like they had a pretty strict religion, which is nothing like what I have in my life, and I certainly wasn't raised that way.

I never knew that there were so many strict believers in America

I am not so sure about that, but there could be.

Basically, I lived a very godless life with a lot of drugs, alcohol, sex, and the rest, not really caring about anything but myself and my pleasure. Here is a video and a post where I share more about it;

https://steemit.com/steemit/@arbitrarykitten/a-conversation-with-papa-pepper-part-2-from-hedonist-addict-to-inspired-family-man

I thank you for speaking so openly and freely about things like this.