Hi hope4recovery,
If you have your Big Book near you then I suggest that you read the paragraph at the bottom of p84 and over onto p85, ending with the sentence "That is how we react so long as we keep in fir spiritual condition"
These are the Step 10 promises and it was these promises which led me to working the program. They promise us that the problem of alcohol gets removed and I will say this has happened for me now. I no longer see alcohol or think about it so I no longer have to try to be sober anymore.
As to the point of relapsing after a spiritual awakening, then the final sentence explains that. This 12 step program is about growing spiritually all the time. If you stop growing, then there will come a point where you are no longer fit spiritually - that's when the obsession to drink will come back again and it is likely you may relapse, because us alcoholics have no mental defense against that obsession.
Well done on your sober time.