I've been in meetings where half of the people there were there because of a "nudge from a judge." Ham Bam is right about that stat. There are also folks who use AA to get sober & then stay sober despite the fact they stopped attending meetings. As zinco pointed out, stats are slippery. For the record, I've got quite a few 24 hours in, but I still attend AA meetings because they help with attitude as well as sobriety.