That drinking doesn't sound like it's treating you very well. Why do you keep doing it? It's a little scary to quit and it kind of sucks for the first week or two, but once you work past that it's pretty good, and it steadily improves, which it sounds like would be a nice change from how things have been going.
You know, if you like AA and it helps you keep from drinking, it's great, but if you can't get there easily and you don't like it, don't go. But don't let the fact that AA is far away or you don't like it be a reason to keep drinking, you get what I mean?
Anyway, just a thought. Stay warm.