Astronomic progression

Have you ever stopped to think about the money involved in AA? I am not referring to the little we drop in the kitty at AA meetings or spend going to AA conventions. I'm talking about the purchasing power of the money channeled into our families' pocketbooks after we sober up--money we would ordinarily have spent on booze had we continued to drink. After doing a little figuring along these lines, and using counts taken from the Toronto AA Convention reports in the Grapevine, I've come up with some figures you may find interesting.