[QUOTE=Malcolm]While I don't blame AA for my brother, it ultimately could not save him (he was attending regularly up until his suicide).[QUOTE]
Malcolm,
AA is not in the business of saving people, or stopping people from drinking. That's the choice of the individual. Just like so many things in life, AA does not take away a persons right, or his self will to make decisions. What AA has is a program of recovery, which if practiced can make a person happy again and usefully whole again. The decision to practice the program and to what extent to go to practice the program, lies with me. I don't know what it will take for you to be "ready" for AA but I know what it took for me to be ready. I hope you don't have to go that far. Just try an open meeting. You don't have to say or do anything but sit and listen.