Originally Posted by
Deserto 
But I think I ultimately went back to drinking because sobriety was the act of "not" doing something rather than doing something. So this time around I'm trying to build a framework that supports sobriety and replaces drinking...
WOW! That sounds like someone who has a lot of wisdom or a great sponsor.
Seeing as how you already know what "not to do", that should, in theory, give you a head-start to a spiritual based recovery program. Here is a brief explanation of how a spiritual based program works;
There is some higher power in the universe that supports us when we practice certain fundamental principles of proper living. Call it Steps, Tao or Darmha. Giving the universe what it wants, triggers it to reciprocate with spiritual prosperity. This Spiritual prosperity does not always take the form of health, wealth or social efficacy. It more typically shows up in the form of new insight, joy or emotional equanimity.
That with resists - persists. That which conforms - reforms. re·form [noun]
1. the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.: social reform; spelling reform.
2. an instance of this.
3. the amendment of conduct, belief, etc.