paintballguy, it sounds like we are at very similar stages of recovery. I'm also a long term alcoholic, just a couple of weeks into stay sober. I'm an atheist and find all talk of god completely off putting.
I've attended AA in the past but with the "god filter" switched on at maximum. Like you, I found a lot of supportive people with some interesting, and often tragic stories to tell. That alone made it worthwhile for me. I probably would attend more often if I hadn't discovered this forum this time round. In fact, at the moment, this forum is my only source of support.
I don't know about anyone else, but I tend to do everything 100%, including booze. I can imagine if I find a way to get past getting drunk, I'll probably become quite evangelical in trying to push that way as the way. For that reason, I'm also trying to be quite relaxed about some people's enthusiasm for their own recovery programme, even the god related ones.