AA is not a panacea, but it works for me. I think the 12 steps and the fellowship found in meetings combined gave me the structure to create a new routine and new perspective on how to deal with the challenge of facing life without the escape alcohol offered. Other ways work for other people.
Regardless what program you choose to follow, I think you have to work it every single day - because that is the nature of our addiction, it never goes away. AA made it relatively easy to make sobriety my new normal, and recovery a part of my daily routine. I have friends that drifted away from the program, many relapse, and some don't survive long enough to get sober again.
Work your program like your life depends on it, because it does. Wishing you all the best.