Originally Posted by
soberlicious 
We know that many people of faith do use secular approaches to quitting (like AVRT). I'm nonbeliever, so I'm just musing here, but maybe many of faith might look at it as God brought them to AVRT?
That's one way of looking at it. Another is that few religions advocate waiting for G-d to remove the desire to drink in order to abstain from alcohol. Once upon a time — before 'spiritual not religious' — people would usually pledge to G-d to abstain. The way I read her reflection on her prayer, Tammy found her way home by using the traditional approach.