Originally Posted by
ScottFromWI 
One of my problems when i was drinking wasn't purchasing the alcohol itself, because I drank mostly cheap beer so it was not affecting my finances. But the impulse purchases when I was drunk were...a late night amazon purchase, or a boastful purchase when out drinking with the "guys", etc.
Amen. I bought all sorts of things on ebay while drunk that I would not have purchased otherwise. It was mostly toys from my childhood. Pretty pitiful behaviour on my part.