Welcome to SR.
I hope you find a solution to your stress problem without drinking.
Because drinking is NO solution anyhow, right?
I know what you mean about AA, I see people come into the rooms alot with the attitude that somehow AA should benefit them simply because they show up. Unfortunatly they drift back out.
It reminds me a lot of a math class I took in college. I went for three weeks, no one bothered to talk to me or help me. I wasn't gonna ask for help either. Whatever, I didn't like math and it wasn't going to help me anyhow (with my attitude I was going to be sure it wouldn't help me
) Consequently I flunked the class and didn't succeed in college.
Several years later when I REALLY wanted to succeed though I went back to math class.
If your way becomes too painful, maybe give AA some effort?
Keep coming back.