It went great, i went to meetings and actually travelled a bit to share my story with people at other meetings. The whole point of a "higher power" is to acknowledge there is something bigger than yourself. I've been sober about 4 years now.
The main thing I think is important for people to get help is that they have to make the choice, if you force someone to get sober tbey will resent you for it. It is a lot of work and I am tremendously lucky I had my wife by my side. Hopefully that helped, i'm happy to answer dms if you have more questions
Yeah I struggled the most with this part as well which is why I try and speak up when people say you have to be religious to do AA. AA might not work for everyone but I'd hate that someone felt turned away because they weren't religious when it was something that helped me and I am NOT religious at all.