It genuinely baffles me why people tie themselves in knots about this. Surely staying clean is about what works for you? Nobody is forcing a particular program down your throat. You might be an addict but you still have choice how to decide to change that. If you don't like a direction, do something else.
I can understand it when information was less readily available and the prevailing currency was "AA-get with it or die." But that's simply not the case now. "Alternatives to AA"? A random Google search should do the trick or there's a ton of info on here.