Originally Posted by
Ranger 
Absolutely! And there's a recent thread (Moderation Management?) that provides some excellent dialogue on the futility of trying to work a program while "wet".
My take is that self improvement and growth both spiritually and every other way are a lifelong undertaking but we can seperate those things from a stop drinking program. They may have many things in common but they are not 100% dependant, one on the other.