Kjell on the AA front I can add little to this:
don't know exactly what you are doing in terms of AA but I can tell you what worked for me. I immediately got a Sponsor and began to call him daily. I attended at least one AA meeting per day. I made sure I was attending newcomer meetings, 12 step study meetings and Big Book study meetings as well as general meetings. My Sponsor had me engage the steps immediately. He made suggestions on what I should do to stay sober and I incorporated all his suggestions. I came early and stayed late at meetings to meet other sober people. I complete the steps and I now help others.
For me personally I needed to do all these things to stay sober. Attending meetings alone would not have kept me sober.
I too needed all of that, my sponsor had me call him & 2 other people in AA daily, even if it was to just say "Hi". Seemed pretty stupid at first, then I started to enjoy talking to these folks, especially when they thanked me for calling them!
All that calling folks on the phone saved me from a relapse after I had about 2 months sober, instead of pulling into a 7-11 and grabbing a 12 pack, I picked up the phone and called some one.
Now on to the present issue, do what ever you have to do to
STAY sober!!!
DO NOT do it to stay out of trouble with the law, yes going into rehab and going to AA will not hurt the outcome, but in the long term, if you continue to drink, the trouble you presently have with the law may prove to be a minor bump along the road of alcoholic insanity.
If you need inpatient rehab or IOP do it.
Do you have a sponsor? I would suggest getting one.
If you already have a sponsor are you taking the steps with him? If not I would advice you to do so, without the steps and applying them daily to my life I would either be drunk or one miserable white knuckling SOB right.
Inpatient rehab will allow you if you are like I was to get through that fog which is what I was in my first 30+ days.
Stay in touch and let us know how you are doing.