Actually if you do a bit of research, you will find that most people get sober without any program at all and that includes aa. Harvard University did a study of the efficacy. Google harvard and treatment/aa efficacy and see what pops up. In that report they state that 80% do NO program at all.
I do no program. For me it is working and I love the not living in fear aspect. The thought that I have to do something for the rest of my life as something is under my bed waiting to jump put if I slack off??? Who wants to live like that? A fear based life is not what I want for me.
It all comes down to choice anyway. You choose not to drink. You choose to use God not to drink (aa). You choose to do a different program. I happen to just choose not to drink. No fillers. I chose to stop, look at why I was numbing myself, address those things in my life and move on.
No matter what you choose, it is a choice.
Thinkingabit