Good job Tiburon, I went to my first AA meeting fall down drunk, as best as I recall I was welcome, I found out this past Wednesday that the BB I thought I had bought at that meeting was actually given to me! I remembered the speaker at that first meeting for some reason and was talking to him after the Wednesday night meeting about my first meeting, when I said "Some how I bought a Big Book" he laughed and said "No you didn't! I gave you one!" we both had a good laugh.
"A desire to stop drinking" there are an awful lot of sober alcoholics today that attended a lot of AA meetings drunk before they got sober.
As with others here, as long as they are not making trouble they are welcome, if they are making a stink then a couple of folks of the same sex take them outside the meeting and they have a mini meeting. I have not seen any one taken out yet..... I have heard a few snoring during a meeting though! LOL