Hi fishbowl-
I was already attending AA when I got my 2nd DUI, though to be truthful, I was only going a few times a month, I sat in the back, came in late and left early. I even got a sponsor as time went on, but I didn't listen to him and he was easy going and I took advantage.
Anywho, once I got the 2nd one, I finally gave up and accepted my alcoholism. From the time of my arrest, to the time of my trial, it was almost a year.
In that time I went to a 4 month outpatient therapy program and I did 90 AA meetings in 90 days, and then continued to go to AA and actually worked the steps with my new sponsor. I documented my meetings with a simple form I made from excel (date, type of meeting, signature of chairperson).
Between the outpatient completion certificate, the letter from my sponsor, and the meeting log, it was recognized by the court that I was an alcoholic in recovery. Don't get me wrong, I still got in a lot of trouble, but not nearly as much if I hadn't done the work (and documented it).
Let me know if I can be of any further assitance.
Kjell