I would almost guarantee that if you get to a meeting, and get a temporary sponsor, you will get a ride. The trip would just be another meeting.
One thing I did hear in meetings many times is that nothing would stop me from getting a drink. Nothing can stop you from reaching out to other alcoholics.
Meanwhile, there are real-time on-line meetings.
http://www.aaonline.net/
I never went to one but I'm glad they're there.
I am religious. I'm a Catholic but not very good at it.
When I stopped drinking the "God" aspect didn't concern me too much. For one thing, the whole notion of a higher power for me boiled down to a realization that, whatever it is, it wasn't me. That came along with the realization that, dead or alive, the world continued without me and I should let go of trying to control everything about my life. Whether it is simply the huddled masses of humanity or a conventional notion of God, life goes on and I should stop worrying and battling.
The other point about God and AA is that I needed and desperately wanted to stop drinking. The last thing I wanted was to discuss theology in a roomful of drunks. And we didn't. There is a lot of wisdom in the rooms that comes solely from shared personal experiences. For me, God wasn't the main point of AA at all.
Finally, what it boils down to is how badly you need to stay sober. When I began that was what I needed above all else. Because if I didn't get it, there would be nothing else.
Do what you can to get started. Everything about AA is voluntary. Take what you need and leave the rest. After a while, when you regain the luxury of thought and choice, you can argue about God and religion all you want. I do and it's not all it's cracked up to be.
Meanwhile there are a whole bunch of atheist and agnostic meetings, not all of which are officially connected with AA.
http://aaagnostica.org/
http://www.aabeyondbelief.com/
http://www.aa.org/assets/en_US/p-84_manypathstospirituality.pdf
Don't get all twisted up about getting sober. It really is only one day at a time.
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