The goal in AA is to develop a relationship with God because without Him, you've got no choice but to continue getting drunk. I don't see how someone who's a real alcoholic can stay sober, believe in, love and trust God, yet live a life that's contrary to all of that.
I'm not saying nobody could do it........but I've come to see there's a huge price to pay for dishonesty, materialism, egotism, underhandedness, being sneaky, being mean......all that stuff.
Over and over the BB mentions honesty, rigorous honesty in fact.
It's up to each person to make their own choices but, in the spirit of "sticking with the winners," I don't know one person in the program I look up to who's got a level of sobriety I want yet is still playin' games on a regular basis. Sure, nobody's perfect, but we have the ability to STRIVE for perfection......and the program will pay dividends in proportion to how well you live it. For me, I don't want to take the chance at trying to stay sober on half-measure efforts.