I mostly drank the "bargain bin" or "poverty" brands, so at least I never wasted too much money on this bad habit (all things considered).
I mostly drank the cheapy beer brands such as Heineken, Mickey's, Olde English 800, Busch, and Steel Reserve. As for "hard" liquors, I mostly drank the "poverty" brands as well, such as Old Crow, Evan Williams, etc. From time to time I would buy some "generic" wine brands, can't remember the names off hand, but I do remember they were all $7 or under. Usually during my regular trips to the liquor store I would pick up a 40 oz and a 24 oz..... usually. I think I averaged $3-$5 per liquor store trip. Alas, I became quite the "regular" customer at said liquor store(s)
I feel bad for the alcoholics that get hooked on the "expensive stuff", must get expensive after a while