I heard a former alchy describe them as "fornicators anonymous" meetings. OTOH, AA does seem to help a lot of people.
I have nothing against AA, I think it does a great job, however, I think with some people though, they have a need to be addicted to something. Granted, he doesn't drink anymore but he's still out at all hours and is more worried about the meetings than anything else. It seems he's traded on addiction for another. Truly, I believe my uncle is in the minority as far as meetings go, his issues obviously are way more than drinking.