Bargain Basement

ORIGINALLY a pharmacy provided one service only--the preparation and dispensing of drugs; nowadays, we can buy almost anything in the corner drugstore from Christmas cards to bicycles. AA, like the pharmacy, started out with one basic commodity--sobriety. But down through the years, it has grown in size and reputation, it has attracted many customers such as myself who have found in AA a bargain basement for such wares as jobs, loans, easy and unquestioning acquaintanceships, and occasionally, even a slightly shop-worn thirty-day romance.