Hey Shannon I am an alcoholic named Martin, welcome to SR, lots of great folks here.
You mentioned AA worked for you before, then said with the kids you didn't feel you could find the time for it. Why not call your local AA hotline and see if they have any meetings with babysitting provided, or if your kids are in scholl most areas have day time meetings as well.
Some other things to consider are online AA meetings, or checking out other programs. But if you enjoy going out and hanging with people it would seem to me that AA would give you that and also a social group of sober friends.