In sponsorship, we often focus on sets of instructions, both for the arc of Steps One to Nine and for the daily arc of Steps Ten to Twelve. The danger is that we can miss the point. The purpose of these actions is not merely to sprinkle them across a life based essentially on self and on the material world but to embody the desire to live on a higher plane and abandon everything that manifests a self-centred life.
To recover and stay recovered, the whole basis must be different, and the actions we take and instructions we follow reflect this rather than inducing this. The actions and instructions will not induce a permanent spiritual awakening if there is a fundamental loyalty to self remaining; eventually, self will become resurgent and peep through like an underlying colour when a thin coat of cheap paint is applied to a wall or door.