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AdanteFornax 11-29-2009 08:42 AM

A lot more than I should have for a lot longer than was safe

flavinho 11-29-2009 02:55 PM

Last year I used to drink about 12 shots of vodka/brandy/whisky, plus some long necks beers, at daily basis. It was about $120 weekly.

surferdude9371 11-29-2009 05:49 PM

luckily/saddly for me i mostly just drank alone 2 handles of capt a week so about 50 a week

bobgreen 11-30-2009 12:06 AM

so happy to find this
 
I go through a fifth right now in about 2-3 days max. My tastes have gotten more expensive through the years. Started in high school drinking 40's and now think nothing of spending $20-30 for a fifth of decent bourbon. So Im spending about $90 bucks a week on booze. wow. Just writing this makes me see I need help....

ClayTheScribe 01-02-2010 12:16 PM

I quite often would get a paycheck for roughly $250, spend half, or a little more than half, on one or two nights out getting plastered then spend almost all of the rest getting drunk another 3-4 nights of the week at home, with enough left over barely to pay my Netflix and Rhapsody bills and for lunch. My tastes also got more expensive, especially when it'd come to liquor and beer, except for the 40 oz.s I'd buy, which were gross but got me drunk in relatively quick fashion. I'd say in all, I'd spend at least $100 every two weeks on alcohol since I was about 21, almost four years ago, which is not much compared to other people on here, but it still boggles my mind on what else I could've spent my money on.

I would've had to quit drinking after I lost my job 'cause I really have no money to spare for alcohol these days, not that I'd want to buy any in the slightest.

:nyu

MeAndOnlyMe 01-02-2010 12:31 PM

Prolly $250/week. Damn - that's nearly $13k/year!

U24LIFE 01-02-2010 02:25 PM

About $125 to $150 per week.

CAPTAINZING2000 01-02-2010 02:29 PM

Are we including bail money in on this???????

cinglenluvnit 01-02-2010 03:11 PM

I would say about $70 in beer and another $30 for cigarettes...WOW! No wonder I was beginning to find it difficult to pay my bills

Introvrtd1 01-03-2010 06:00 PM

A 12 pack of beer at $15, six nites a week.

Slayer 01-04-2010 12:36 AM

At least $100. I went through around a 30 pack of PBR a day that cost around $17. Sometimes it was liquor as well.

Vi0let 07-06-2011 08:58 PM

This is my 4th day sober, just joined this site yesterday.
It's funny, i just tallied this up on my own and then decided to google what the "average" alcoholic spent per week in comparison to me.

So, i was at, on average, about $145 per week.

The "funniest" bit is how i would, after getting paid, always be so baffled as to how my paycheck dwindled so quickly...what was i spending it on??

Denial - the addicts' biggest enemy. Sheesh.

shooa01 12-30-2012 07:21 PM

From 12/21 to 12/25 I spent $1, 280.00 on booze and junk food. when I am drunk I tend to buy drinks for everyone in the bar, (clearly I can't afford it). I don't do this when I am sober. Now I am broke, depressed, hate myself, credit cards maxed out, bills not paid. Unbelivable! just Unbelivable

LadyinBC 12-30-2012 07:49 PM

I drank on my own but I sure went thru a lot of cheap sherry. $7.39 a bottle and I could easily go thru 2 a day and I did for 5 days straight. And the smoking doubles when you drink.

It amazes me that I had no qualms spending my money on alcohol but I always second guess buying things when it comes to getting things I need. Screwed up thinking for sure!

EternalQ 12-30-2012 08:01 PM

About $65 a week. About $260 a month. About $3,120 a year. Pure Insanity.

David10 12-30-2012 08:44 PM

$1300 a year is a very conservative estimate of how much I spend on Alcohol.

Gravel 12-30-2012 08:47 PM

I was drinking $30 cases of imports. I was going broke so I made a solid alcoholic decision to gut my refrigerator and cut a hole for a tap. I then bought half kegs. I saved a ton of money doing it but damn did I ever become entrenched in alcohol.

I remember when i set it all up I was so proud. I cleaned up my whole place and sat back and enjoyed pouring myself a cold beer without even opening the fridge door.

It's been over 3 years since I used it though.

gaffo 12-30-2012 09:30 PM

At least $100 per week. Over $5k/year. Wow.

betterthanbefor 12-30-2012 10:30 PM

Between my H & I, $650 a month @ LEAST: 1-2 bottles of wine a night & a bottle of whiskey every two days+ some beer. Wow, I could have gone on so many luxury trips w/that money! What a waste!

rubbersoul 12-31-2012 01:08 AM

About $160 a week, so $640 a month and that's not including going out.


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