It worked for me and millions of others. As I posted earlier it is not overtly Christian oriented but it does rely on the recognition that you are powerless over an addictive substance and by turning you life and WILL over to a higher power, whatever you conceive that to be, it will begin a healing process. For all I know Allah was in those rooms and so what? The program heals and it is free. Do you know of any alternatives to AA other than keeping the evil doers in jail getting thirstier by the day? AA is entirely voluntary once you've served your court ordered number of visits but you can certainly go to five meetings a day if that is what will keep you sober and you enjoy the newfound camaraderie and atmosphere. Have you ever attended a meeting just to see for yourself that it is not a hard core "religious" atmosphere? Ninety percent of every meeting is just men and women sharing the stories of what it was like and what life is like now in sobriety no matter how many days you have.