I'm glad you asked this because I've been pondering it myself. AA could be helpful to find non-drinking friends, which I need, but I've found, at least in these early stages, that the meetings make me fixate and therefore want to drink. I will go again but am not sure I will be a regular farther down the road.
My dad was an alcoholic - drinking heavily and daily - for years. He quit without any outside help and has been sober for 15 years.