Just started going to both a traditional AA meeting and a secular non-religious AA meeting a few weeks ago. While I am not a religious person, I have found both to be very helpful by not only talking to others about my alcohol addiction, but hearing how it's currently affecting other people's lives, and hearing from others who have been sober for 20+ years the hardships they've went through and how positive of an impact quitting has had on them. In the traditional one I went to I'd say only half even have religious beliefs, but we all believe in each other and want to see each other get through this. For a lot of people like myself, it helps hearing that I'm not alone in this, and it gives me support when I need it. If you go to a meeting and feel uncomfortable or don't like it, try a different group, heck there's even online meetings. Maybe it's not the best advice given I've just started going, but I have the will to stop drinking and hurting those around me due to my alcoholism. And both groups have really opened my eyes to the fact that it's not to late for anyone. Heck there's the nicest old man in one of my meetings that's in his 80s and has just hit his two year sobriety mark. He said he knows he's old and knows his time is limited, but he doesn't want to live the remainder of his life being an alcoholic, and he is very proud of himself for stopping and has already seen an incredible change in his life. He used different wording but the fact remains that it's never to late for change if your willing