Well I leave the house quite a bit to do all of the things I've mentioned thus far. I mean its pretty obvious that my therapist wouldn't be coming over to my house. Even if he did....
If your point is that one must be involved in AA or some alternative program to recovery, I find that to be a bit short-sighted. I'm doing pretty well right now doing my own thing. If its some sort of prejudice against academic/intellectual pursuits, I'm not really sure what to say to you. If such things aren't self-improvement I don't know what is.