As for the 12-Step program; That has God in it. No way government would allow that. :-)
That's probably what they would *think* - but it's a "Higher Power" and can be your dog or a tree or a doorknob or just about anything the 12-Stepper wants it to be.
Bill W was thinking ahead, ya know - and it's important not to scare anyone off. Courts sentence people to AA all the time.