My experience is that the problem centers in my mind. By working the steps and living a spiritual life I remain in a recovered state, the problem has been removed, there is nothing going on inside me a drink could fix. If I stopped this way of life, I could become unrecovered quite quickly, the spiritual malady would start eating me from the inside out. Left untreated, my mind will bring me to a drink as a way to ease this internal dis-ease.