Mom was a methodist, dad was raised a quaker and become an athiest, both my brothers are aitheists, I attended methodist confirmation classes and couldn't reconcile with church doctrine. I searched for god every where imaginable and totally believed in him....like alley, i worked the steps and at the end of the journey faced the question in the big book...either god is everything or god is nothing....my answer is nothing....so after 2.5 years sober in AA i became an aithiest. For me i have found that the AA program and 12 steps still work for me, although it does take a little more work for me to get to the essence and forget the words, and trappings.