How much money did you waste on booze in a year?
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How much money did you waste on booze in a year?
I was laying in bed last night and thinking of the past year and how much I was drinking. When I was drinking, I didn’t care what I was spending.
When I dug down per week on what I was drinking and multiplied it by 52, it came out at ~$10,500 US.
You. Have. Got. To. Be. Kidding. Me.
Just one more reason I’m not going back to that life.
When I dug down per week on what I was drinking and multiplied it by 52, it came out at ~$10,500 US.
You. Have. Got. To. Be. Kidding. Me.
Just one more reason I’m not going back to that life.
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Originally Posted by Pouncer 
For me, it’s more an issue of lost income. I sure wasn’t productive.
I won't give exact figures, but I was consuming half my rent in liquor. Plus as mentioned above, my ambition flew out the window.
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Originally Posted by Notch8
If I'd have a dime for every dollar I spent on alcohol, just in the past ten years, I could still afford some nice toys!
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In 2018 I spent about £25,000 - that was all my spending that wasn’t on housing costs. There’s cigarettes and a bit of coke in there, along with expenses that were occasional extras - like food. Vast majority was booze. Sickening to think of
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Originally Posted by FlyAgain
In 2018 I spent about £25,000 - that was all my spending that wasn’t on housing costs. There’s cigarettes and a bit of coke in there, along with expenses that were occasional extras - like food. Vast majority was booze. Sickening to think of
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Yea lost income was probably the worst.... And also every time I went to buy alcohol at the grocery which was almost every day, I would rotate different stores and I'd buy a bunch of other food items as well that I didn't need so no one would be 'on to my drinking problem'. I became paranoid 
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Originally Posted by Hawk07
Yea lost income was probably the worst.... And also every time I went to buy alcohol at the grocery which was almost every day, I would rotate different stores and I'd buy a bunch of other food items as well that I didn't need so no one would be 'on to my drinking problem'. I became paranoid
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I rotated as well....until I realized the liquor stores clerk honestly didn't care. I'd go in right after work every day, buy the same plastic fifth of vodka. If the weekend or a day off was coming up, it'll be a handle or more.
How pathetic I was. Ten days of not drinking could buy be a nice new pair of running shoes (running shoes aren't cheap!). The things I could have had, the vacations I could have taken...
How pathetic I was. Ten days of not drinking could buy be a nice new pair of running shoes (running shoes aren't cheap!). The things I could have had, the vacations I could have taken...
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Originally Posted by Notch8
I rotated as well....until I realized the liquor stores clerk honestly didn't care. I'd go in right after work every day, buy the same plastic fifth of vodka. If the weekend or a day off was coming up, it'll be a handle or more.
How pathetic I was. Ten days of not drinking could buy be a nice new pair of running shoes (running shoes aren't cheap!). The things I could have had, the vacations I could have taken...
How pathetic I was. Ten days of not drinking could buy be a nice new pair of running shoes (running shoes aren't cheap!). The things I could have had, the vacations I could have taken...
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Yeah, its funny. I'd go to ring out and the clerk would always ask if that was everything and I'd reply, "I'll be back tomorrow!" Sadly, I wasn't joking.
Another stunt I pulled was getting a gallon of milk at the grocery store in the same shopping center as the liquor store, using the self checkout and get $20 cash back on my debit card. That way a liquor store charge never showed up on a bank statement. I thought I was a genius. I'd also always get the plastic bottles so I could burn them and they wouldn't rattle like glass when stuffed in a backpack after they were empty. Again, I could have won some awards for how sneaky I was (so I thought...).
Another stunt I pulled was getting a gallon of milk at the grocery store in the same shopping center as the liquor store, using the self checkout and get $20 cash back on my debit card. That way a liquor store charge never showed up on a bank statement. I thought I was a genius. I'd also always get the plastic bottles so I could burn them and they wouldn't rattle like glass when stuffed in a backpack after they were empty. Again, I could have won some awards for how sneaky I was (so I thought...).
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