Some people are pro AA. Others aren't.
There are many ways to get sober. I did most of them and together they worked.
The correct recovery group/plan/whatever is whatever keeps you sober.
What you don't want to do is to think you have to find the perfect method, and when you hit a roadblock on your chosen path to happy destiny, you don't just cave and think "This didn't work. Nothing will work to keep me sober. Open mouth, insert booze."
AA didn't appeal to me, but I also think that dismissal without investigation is not helpful. So I tried it. It worked for a while in early sobriety, but I had trouble with the whole higher-power/working the steps thing, so I moved on to psychotherapy. Rational Recovery/AVRT is more my style anyway.
But it's whatever works best FOR YOU.