If a 'higher power' in the form of a bicycle gets/keeps someone sober..GREAT! I am far from religious and the thought of god/Hp,ect..kept me away from AA. The courts nudged me through the door soon enough. I'm still not religious and really don't attend regular meetings often anymore,but I'm sober. I'm now in the 'camp' of use ALL the methods if you want/need to. Whatever it takes.
I do implement the steps of AA into my days/thoughts now though. Sure beats the crazy AV/booze thought and drunken actions that had ahold of me for several years.