What everyone above has said.... crying in the first meetings is normal. I wish I could say I only cried at the first one - but my crying went on for a time.
We have "newcomer" or "first step" meetings often in my home group, and it is a nice reminder to those of us who have been in program of just how much pain we were in when WE first arrived, and it causes most of us to feel a great deal of compassion for the newcomer.
Do keep going back, and you might not have to travel TOO far - I don't know if you were worried about seeing someone you know in the local meetings (I was). But you know what? They are there for the same reason as I am ... so they have just as much motivation as me to keep the anonymity (which is the a prime basic of all 12-step meetings).
I am glad you tried one... keep coming back! ((hugs))