I’m not sure anything would have worked for me until I was out of options. By the time I went to my first meeting I was beaten by “life”.
12 step program gave me an instruction manual on how to live a better life. It provided structure and support. I followed suggestions given me by men who had suffered like me. And it has worked better than anything else I have tried.
Do I love everything about it? Nope. But at it’s essence, it has shown me a life that I don’t need booze in order to cope.