I don't go to AA nor do I really know much about it, but what I do know that it wasn't really for me. What I do suspect, though, is that part of the AA philosophy is to "admit we are powerless over alcohol" because they perceive it as being a disease in which we have no control over. Without getting into a debate over this, for me, this doesn't really make sense (for myself personally, anyway), so I choose a more rational point of view (you can read about it in the Secular Connections forum here). The point is, really, that there is a different recovery path for everybody, and AA may (and certainly does) work for many people, where other paths work for other people. The overall goal is to get sober, how you get there is really secondary.