Threshold - your post makes perfect sense to me. Though the notion of an abstract higher power is something I still struggle with. At thios point in time I tend to think of my home group as this. They have after all been the main support to my sobriety and I doubt I would have managed without them.
Feral - yes I would be willing to talk to a psychiatrist, though I am not sure my issues warrant referral to one. In the UK we have free health care - but 'elective' treatment isn't and I'm not sure a doctor would refer me. In any case I think this is stuff that most recovering alcoholics have to deal with and I will struggle through one way and another I suspect.