Tl, dr: find a way to challenge yourself outside of meetings
Some of us had a really good discussion about AA meetings recently commenting on an entirely different post (about Tennessee) and I wanted to say some more stuff, but didn't think it was right to commandeer another post especially since we'd gone super off-topic, so I'm creating a new post! 
Anyway , what I was going to say is that I DO think AA (the meetings , the steps, the big book, etc ) is good for people. I know someone who swears by them.
And whether you're in a meeting voluntarily or otherwise, my "outsider"'s opinion of it is that it's similar to going to school to get a degree in order to communicate to other people that you have some type of knowledge/skillset. So I do think most people that do go to AA will benefit. (Maybe I would too, ya never know).
My personal story, on the other hand, includes knowing that a lot of the reason I ever started drinking was out of peer pressure , wanting to relate to or impress people, and ultimately turned into resulting from relationships with other people and how anxious/depressed it made me feel.
All of that is to say that communicating my sobriety to other people in a place like AA wasn't something I thought of as beneficial, particularly in the early days of my adventure.
My real challenge has always been , and continues to be , communicating my sobriety to people who don't even think alcohol is a problem. And that's something I do find value in challenging myself to do.
Sooooo if you read this far and are feeling like meetings aren't for you, that doesn't mean you can get by without changing your habits or that you can "white-knuckle" your way through sobriety. It simply means you gotta walk your own path, pick your battles, whatever metaphor works for you. You are still responsible for your education whether you go to school or not.
Courage!!!