In the UK we don't have anyone sent to meetings by a court. No-one is mandated to attend, so it's consistent with what the old-timers say - AA isn't for those that need it, it's for those that want it. And as I've read here, AA isn't for us to go along and share about what a ****** day we've had or how we're full of self pity. It's for us to share our experience strength and hope for the still suffering alcoholic. It's easy when we find a meeting that doesn't gel with us. We just don't go again. That type of meeting might be just what someone else needs to hear, but if it's not for us it's not for us.