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                                    Exhibit 5

                          Opinion of Alston & Bird LLP


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                           [Alston & Bird Letterhead]

                                  June 5, 1998

Integrity Incorporated
1000 Cody Road
Mobile, Alabama 36695

         Re:      Integrity Incorporated Amended and Restated Long-Term
                  Incentive Plan

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         We have acted as counsel to Integrity Incorporated, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), in connection with a Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (the "Registration Statement") being filed by the Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and covering 200,000 shares (the "Shares") of the Company's
common stock, $0.01 par value ("Common Stock"), that may be issued pursuant to
the Integrity Incorporated Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan (the "Plan").
This Opinion Letter is rendered pursuant to Item 8 of Form S-8 and Item
601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K.

         In the capacity described above, we have considered such matters of law
and of fact, including the examination of originals or copies, certified or
otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such records and documents of the
Corporation, certificates of public officials and such other documents as we
have deemed appropriate as a basis for the opinions hereinafter set forth.

         Based upon the foregoing, it is our opinion that the 200,000 shares of
Common Stock covered by the Registration Statement and to be issued pursuant to
the Plan, when issued in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan,
will be legally and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable by the Company
under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as in effect on this
date.

         This Opinion Letter is provided to you for your benefit and for the
benefit of the Commission, in each case, solely with regard to the Registration
Statement, may be relied upon by you and the Commission only in connection with
the Registration Statement, and may not be relied upon by any other person or
for any other purpose without our prior written consent. This Opinion Letter is
rendered as of the date hereof, and we have no obligation to update this Opinion
Letter.

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         We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and further consent to the use of our name wherever
appearing in the Registration Statement.

                                             Sincerely Yours,
                                         
                                             ALSTON & BYRD LLP

                                             By: /s/ Alexander W. Patterson
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                                                 A Partner