You can be 'religious' and still not get it at all. I'm a Christian, I like some of the rituals and observances, I think it's helped in my recovery to have an HP as in AA. But in Western culture I think that religion has sort of lost track. My opinion anyway... there are some great Christians out there and good things happening, we tend to hear a lot of the negative though. Hoping not to cause controversy, religion is a very personal thing and in recovery you meet people of all cultures and faiths.
I'm not in AA currently but the meetings I did attend, I was very impressed by the humility and lack of pretense of many people there.