Congratulations on deciding that you want a better life without alcohol. I'm newly sober and I've gotten loads of support from this site. Even though I just wrote a post complaining about AA, it really isn't as scary as you might think. If you go, just listen--you don't have to share. No one will pressure you. They're just happy that you're there. I was so scared to go to my first AA meeting. I told myself that no one there knew why I was there and that for all they knew, I was writing a paper on AA. BTW, I'm an athiest so I get where you're coming from.