Arlie:
Welcome to SR! I think you'll find a lot of help here.
I'll offer a couple of suggestions.
First, as others have said, don't worry too much about the label...and definitely don't fall into the trap of thinking that you have to hit a catastrophic "bottom". Frankly, the only real "bottom" is death, and every one of us here who has quit drinking has stopped before we got there!
Second, spend a little time looking into different recovery approaches. There are many, and if you hang around here for a while, you'll find a wide variety of approaches represented among the regular posters here. Others have mentioned AA, but there also non-faith-based groups such as SMART Recovery, LifeRing, SOS and Women for Sobriety, approaches like Rational Recovery, and plenty of people who've found all they need need right here on SR.
Here's a link to a thread listing several of the non-faith-based groups:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...cular-web.html
Third, just jump in and start posting!