Sobriety means to me that I'm free from the slavery of alcohol's poison. I can't say I'm a spiritual person as such, but meditation and Buddhist ideas have helped me a lot. But it all starts with staying away from alcohol permanently, day in and day out. SR can help you along the way as it helped me. I never used any other organized program, just SR, my curious mind, lots of heavy duty introspection, and lots of tinkering around as the results of my experiences came in.