Aa is not the only way to get and stay sober , even for. "The real alcoholics" that people in the fellowship like to talk about. Aa is not a cult but there are definitely people that treat it like a cult. I am in aa, but these people creep me out. They have proven to be dangerous for dome, myself included. I have reached out to friends of mine who have left aa, but mostly it is they who don't seem to want to have anything to do with me after leaving aa. No harm done. There are multiple ways to find God. Aa offers just one way. If is my hope that you were not given a false notion of what true, genuine, aa is. Most of the people who have problems with aa don't really have problems with aa; they have problems with someone false idea of aa that they were given. I was badly burned by people in aa this way, because it was not authentic aa. I pray everyone who considers aa seek out the genuine message rather than a contaminated version of it.