I agree, rehab is good if you need closer monitoring due to medical issues or if you simply can not stop drinking between meetings and therapy or out patient treatment. Usually they send you to AA from rehab anyhow though. So maybe if AA is helping you, stick with that! It's saved a lot of people! I use a combination of AA, NA, one on one therapy, volunteering and meditation / exercise to combat my "issues" which include alcoholism, addiction, anxiety and depression. So far so good! If you are willing to do whatever it takes, AA will guide you to a much better life - At least it did for me.