Womble,
There is no need to be put off by the "spiritual" aspects of the AA program. The spiritual awakening mentioned in the 12th step is a "personality change sufficient to recover from alcoholism". It is also called "an entire psychic change". Read the appendix on spiritual awakening in the back of the AA Big Book. A power greater than yourself can be the group of AA itself -- it did for me. I interpreted GOD as "good orderly direction" and "group of drunks". I used the qualities of the AA group itself (i.e., its strength, its wisdom, its compassion, etc.) to define my ideal of "God". This was not a religious "God" in any sense of the term. I am not an atheist, and I think most people could relate to these "spiritual" concepts that are defined in non-religious terms. Do you have a sponsor? Do you have a Big Book of AA? I would strongly recommend both of these as a starting point. SusanLauren