Well it was one of my reasons for moving back to a city, I hate small towns anyway, but I was so unhappy and trying to white knuckle it and new there'd be lots more options here. Since I lived here before this group has started... i'm surprised at the amount I can now access... maybe it's also a change in attitude and willingness also making things easier.
That sucks about AA, sounds awful. I'm sure there not all like that, but like you said work makes it hard I guess. If it were me tho, I think i'd be reconsidering work, maybe that's easy to say when I don't have it to worry about, but I think my recovery would come above a job that puts barriers up to access certain support. Have you considered it?