Good luck. I know for me to find a place of peace I have to be willing to accept that I have little control of most things external to me....including alcohol and well, my life. I have to be honest with myself (and others) and open to ideas that I might not otherwise entertain. I have learned the hard way that my thinking and feelings aren't always reality. They are real, but they aren't based on fact. So it helps me to remain open to the ideas of others....especially where getting sober is concerned because obviously I have a lot to learn in that area.
I have learned a lot in AA. There's a lot of stuff I either don't relate to or haven't 'gotten' yet. That's ok too. But the realization that I am not master of my universe is priceless. And in realizing that I have so much more power in life, not less. I haven't submitted to anything, but I have surrendered to the fact that I cannot drink, no matter what. If I get that right, the rest is frosting on the cake.