At today's meeting

Practice. It looks ridiculous unrehearsed.

Here are some moves for you to practice by.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFgDW-LnBJI&feature=related

Nah, I think there are plenty of drunks around to voluntarily populate the meetings. I think the coercees should be in jail, not AA or NA. Not everyone puts money in the basket.

WHY do those who are coerced to attend ANY of these meetings, not understand that it is that whole "anonymity" thing that serves as PERFECT COVER for SIGNING THEIR OWN DAMNED CARDS? Since no records are kept as to WHO a "secretary" is at any given meeting (which can and does literally change from meeting to meeting to meeting!), why do they allow themselves to be held hostage? I think I need to show up to a few meetings, and make this "announcement" when the "Announcements" part of the meeting comes up! ;)

In California people get sentenced to Alcoholics Anonymous for Disorderly Conduct under California Penal Code § 647. Many states have similar codes. Wouldn't you like to be in a room full of these people?:

"States like California that have common law have disorderly conduct mentioned in different codes. California Penal Code § 415 which is similar to the Model Penal Code reiteration above actually concerns disturbing the peace. However, in California disorderly conduct (California Penal Code § 647) lists what acts constitute disorderly conduct.

Section 647: Every person who commits any of the following acts is guilty of disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor

(a) Who solicits anyone to engage in or who engages in lewd or dissolute conduct in any public place or in any place open to the public or exposed to public view.

(b) Who solicits or who agrees to engage in or who engages in any act of prostitution. A person agrees to engage in an act of prostitution when, with specific intent to so engage, they manifest an acceptance of an offer or solicitation to so engage, regardless of whether the offer or solicitation was made by a person who also possessed the specific intent to engage in prostitution. No agreement to engage in an act of prostitution shall constitute a violation of this subdivision unless some act, in addition to the agreement, is done within this state in furtherance of the commission of an act of prostitution by the person agreeing to engage in that act. As used in this subdivision, "prostitution" includes any lewd act between persons for money or other consideration.

(c) Who accosts other persons in any public place or in any place open to the public for the purpose of begging or soliciting alms.

(d) Who loiters in or about any toilet open to the public for the purpose of engaging in or soliciting any lewd or lascivious or any unlawful act.

(e) Who lodges in any building, structure, vehicle, or place,whether public or private, without the permission of the owner or person entitled to the possession or in control of it.

(f) Who is found in any public place under the influence of intoxicating liquor, any drug, controlled substance, toluene, or any combination of any intoxicating liquor, drug, controlled substance, or toluene, in a condition that they are unable to exercise care for their own safety or the safety of others, or by reason of their being under the influence of intoxicating liquor, any drug, controlled substance, toluene, or any combination of any intoxicating liquor, drug, or toluene, interferes with or obstructs or prevents the free use of any street, sidewalk, or other public way.

(h) Who loiters, prowls, or wanders upon the private property of another, at any time, without visible or lawful business with the owner or occupant. As used in this subdivision, "loiter" means to delay or linger without a lawful purpose for being on the property and for the purpose of committing a crime as opportunity may be discovered.

(i) Who, while loitering, prowling, or wandering upon the private property of another, at any time, peeks in the door or window of any inhabited building or structure, without visible or lawful business with the owner or occupant.

(j) (1) Any person who looks through a hole or opening, into, or otherwise views, by means of any instrumentality, including, but not limited to, a periscope, telescope, binoculars, camera, motion picture camera, or camcorder, the interior of a bedroom, bathroom, changing room, fitting room, dressing room, or tanning booth, or the interior of any other area in which the occupant has a reasonable expectation of privacy, with the intent to invade the privacy of a person or persons inside. This subdivision shall not apply to those areas of a private business used to count currency or other negotiable instruments."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disorderly_conduct#Interpretation

Actually, once in a while one or two court ordered people can be seen at the meeting and they don't get their paper signed. Maybe out of curiosity, or to prove to themselves that they are sincere about staying sober even after the signing deadline.
I would say the meeting was around 2 to 1 with the majority court ordered. But after the divide, many stepper purists began showing back up again and filled the empty seats. I would say about 15-20 people are attending both meetings now on average. (And I have not been to an AA meeting or event in almost 18 months now).
I know of one other place in town that has now become mostly court ordered attendees also. So a court order ban actually causes a shift in the entire recovering community, people scrambling to where they fit in.