Hi JFriend,
I can't really add anything to what the folks before me have said or what I've read and written recently, but here's a thread about exactly the same issue written mostly from the A side:
Anyone dealt with spirituality like this? - from the Alcoholics Anonymous board
I hope you find it helpful.
James
(who's stuck squarely in the middle of step 3 - I keep parsing these things word by word)