Originally Posted by
BackToSquareOne 
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.
Agreed, and I don't think any but the staunchest AA proponents would argue for 100% dependancy in 100% of people.
A wide variety of recovery approaches is necessary to suit a wide variety of people. I think it's a common human trait to---knowingly or not--be threatened by another's truth if it conflicts directly with our own.