Sobriety has to remain No1 priority.
I agree with you that everything else really comes as a by product to that. Without their sobriety an alcoholic has nothing, only another inevitable binge around the corner ready to bring all of those 'plans' crashing and burning down. Rinse and repeat cycle over and over.
An alcoholics life cannot be rebuilt untill there is total and utter surrender to king alcohol. As long as booze remains an option then nothing of any merit will be accomplished.
Good post