People get sober in a number of different ways. AA is not the only tool. It's one tool that works for a lot of people. Having said that, in my experience it is rare for somebody to find sobriety without working some kind of program be it AA, AVRT, Drug and Alcohol Counseling, their religion, or something.
Keep an open mind, but please remember that you will occasionally see on this board disingenuous and douchey attacks directly or passive-aggressively on somebody else's choice of how to find sobriety. No one course of action will work for everybody. In my opinion it's choosing something, working it, and giving it a chance that helps an alcoholic choosing sobriety. I could care less what the acronym is, or if it even has one.
Take what you want and leave the rest. I mean that.
Cyranoak