How much money did you spend a week on alcohol?
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: KC MO
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The last 10 years I spent about 10 bucks a day.
Before that I "smoked" and "snorted" a lot more money, but when I hit 35 or 40 all I still wanted was beer.
It really is sad to think about.
If we just ad up beer at 10 dollars a day for 30 years.
30x365=10,950 days.
10,950x10=109,500 dollars.
Thats not counting the 13 DWI's. My last one was in 1987 so I got those before the laws got so tough. Each one of those cost me 750 to 1,000 dollars.
I could probably retire on the money I spent on dope and stupidity if this was all added up.
Fred
Before that I "smoked" and "snorted" a lot more money, but when I hit 35 or 40 all I still wanted was beer.
It really is sad to think about.
If we just ad up beer at 10 dollars a day for 30 years.
30x365=10,950 days.
10,950x10=109,500 dollars.
Thats not counting the 13 DWI's. My last one was in 1987 so I got those before the laws got so tough. Each one of those cost me 750 to 1,000 dollars.
I could probably retire on the money I spent on dope and stupidity if this was all added up.
Fred
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Arizona
Posts: 872
Since I was a beer drinker, I typically needed a lot of beer on a regular basis. Weekdays was a 12 pack minimum, weekends more. Going out to dinner always meant extra beers, so I probably did that more than I should have (what pleasant company I must have been)... then there was my home-brewing hobby -- I made (and drank) some damned fine beer, not that I would have cared.
So, probably spent $3-400 a month US on beer...
So, probably spent $3-400 a month US on beer...
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: New Mexico
Posts: 617
Let's see:
pint of JD:$12.99 ($15.39 now.)
four-pack of clelatas (for a better term, red beer)$6.47 ($8.10 now)
pack of Black & mild cigars: $2.89 ($ 4.10 now)
THEN:$22.35. X 7 days: $156.45- BEFORE TAX
Now, (if I hadn't quit,) $27.59. X 7 days: $193.13 BEFORE TAX
No wonder I only had $8.37 in my bank account. Good thread Bananna Man.
pint of JD:$12.99 ($15.39 now.)
four-pack of clelatas (for a better term, red beer)$6.47 ($8.10 now)
pack of Black & mild cigars: $2.89 ($ 4.10 now)
THEN:$22.35. X 7 days: $156.45- BEFORE TAX
Now, (if I hadn't quit,) $27.59. X 7 days: $193.13 BEFORE TAX
No wonder I only had $8.37 in my bank account. Good thread Bananna Man.
Laozi Old Man
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Detroit, MI
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Originally Posted by Wartrace 
...I was drinking "country club" brand vodka (100 proof), 16.00 a bottle for a 1.75 liter bottle. Cheapest 100 proof they sell around here. Do you reckon the liquer store clerks knew I was an alcoholic? 
Do you reckon the liquer store clerks knew I was an alcoholic? I just ended up visiting 2 or 3 stores a day.
One Foot in Front of the Other
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 582
At my worst, I might have polished off about 2 cases of beer per week, so figure on anywhere between $50-70 or so. A king's ransom? No, but I can always find a better use for that money. And found money is the best kind!
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Texas
Posts: 249
let's see....18 pack 3 X week, 3 on weekends....at $16.00 each plus smokes...that's like 180.00 a week....and that's just me, not counting my husbands chew and Jack Daniels....no wonder we have about 250 extra each week...nice...
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Houston
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I don't even want to think about it.
It cost me my sanity and dignity, both of which I have regained through AA. 
Now I spend entirely too much money on Starbucks, but that's an entirely different subject.
It cost me my sanity and dignity, both of which I have regained through AA. Now I spend entirely too much money on Starbucks, but that's an entirely different subject.
jimbo
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: london berks England
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Originally Posted by littlebluedog
I don't even want to think about It cost me my sanity and dignity, both of which I have regained through
Now I spend entirely too much money on Starbucks, but that's an entirely different subject.
Now I spend entirely too much money on Starbucks, but that's an entirely different subject.
starbucks ........ surely you mean mega bucks
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Join Date: Mar 2009
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Somewhere between $800 to $2,000 per month ... the rough average monthly expenditure was probably $1,200. Not solely on booze for myself mind you -- all in the name of "business entertainment". At the time, I honestly believed it was all purposeful and legit. Only now can I admit well more than half was a waste of money/time. Nothing useful gets said or done drinking with a client after 21:00.
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA
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18 pack of beer a day for one week ($15 a day X 7=105)
1 pack of smokes a day for one week= ($5 X 7=35)
About 140-150 a week. Some weeks it was worse than that. However, when I got drunk, I often spent money out of control on stupid things like gambling and take out food. So, in the end, I think I was closer to 250 a week if you include all the stupid things I spend money on while I was drinking.
Since I quit drinking, I have saved a tremendous amount of money.
1 pack of smokes a day for one week= ($5 X 7=35)
About 140-150 a week. Some weeks it was worse than that. However, when I got drunk, I often spent money out of control on stupid things like gambling and take out food. So, in the end, I think I was closer to 250 a week if you include all the stupid things I spend money on while I was drinking.
Since I quit drinking, I have saved a tremendous amount of money.
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