Ex-wine drinker's rejoice!
perpetual optimist
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Join Date: Jan 2009
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Ex-wine drinker's rejoice!
I was putting all new tags up in the wine dept. at work today......wine is going up anywhere from $3-$6 a BOTTLE! Can you believe it!
What a great time NOT to be drinking!!!!!!!
Think of all the money we are saving!!!!!!!!!!
Hurray for us!!!!!!
What a great time NOT to be drinking!!!!!!!
Think of all the money we are saving!!!!!!!!!!
Hurray for us!!!!!!
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Smithfield, VA
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Wow, it's going up quite a bit. It is a great time to be sober and not drinking. I noticed the price on my jack daniels went up from $22 a 5th to $25. I'll end up saving a whole lot of money not drinking. Heck we'll all save a lot of money staying sober. Thank goodness for that with all these prices going up.
mle-sober
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Golden, CO
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Dang, from your post title I thought you were going to tell us that you'd found cure for alcoholism and that we could all go back to drinking again! Ha Ha. That's not funny. Sorry.
I guess I'll take my solace where I can find it and enjoy the fact that everyone else is spening money that I'm saving...
I guess I'll take my solace where I can find it and enjoy the fact that everyone else is spening money that I'm saving...
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Boston, MA
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My wine of choice went from $10.99 to $16.99....Woohoo! My goal is to save up enough to take my son to Disney Land next winter. Anyone else putting their alcohol money in a jar or a savings account for a specific goal or dream?
I believe I can do this
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Milwaukee, WI
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That's a great idea backporchpet! What a fantastic way to spend the savings! Is anybody else noticing they are saving on peripheral expenses too? For me, alcohol was quite expensive, but so was the McDonald's, the impulse buys, the internet purchases and the breakfast's at Ihop. I was easily spending $100-$200 a weekend. Thanks for the post Vicious! It really is a great time to be sober!
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Ok, DoJohn........beer is now $5.50 a can!!
Mle-sober---I will work on that new kind of wine! lol
Backporch---I did that savings thing when I quit cigs over 9 years ago......to this day, $25 a week goes into an acct.....I call this my smoking money. I like when I am sitting on an airplane going somewhere, I say to myself..."I would have smoked this." I put up a fence at my house, same comment.........etc.....heck I know someone who bought a brand new Harley from money he would have smoked away......it is definitely an incentive!!! Great thought to do it with drinking too.
Mle-sober---I will work on that new kind of wine! lol
Backporch---I did that savings thing when I quit cigs over 9 years ago......to this day, $25 a week goes into an acct.....I call this my smoking money. I like when I am sitting on an airplane going somewhere, I say to myself..."I would have smoked this." I put up a fence at my house, same comment.........etc.....heck I know someone who bought a brand new Harley from money he would have smoked away......it is definitely an incentive!!! Great thought to do it with drinking too.
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Denver, CO
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I made it through my first weekend without wine in about a decade! I used it to help me get to sleep, but last night I was asleep fairly fast, and slept all the way through to the alarm. When drinking wine, I alway woke up in the middle of the night.
I only had 3 nights of night sweats and crazy dreams, last night was peaceful. I had headaches Sat. and Sun. afternoon and seemed a bit tired, even though I slept plenty. I'm tired right now too. Unfortunately, I don't feel any better in the morning when I get out of bed, but I'm not a morning person and I wasn't drinking enough wine to be hungover. But I've saved about $20 already!
Ian
I only had 3 nights of night sweats and crazy dreams, last night was peaceful. I had headaches Sat. and Sun. afternoon and seemed a bit tired, even though I slept plenty. I'm tired right now too. Unfortunately, I don't feel any better in the morning when I get out of bed, but I'm not a morning person and I wasn't drinking enough wine to be hungover. But I've saved about $20 already!
Ian
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WTG Ian......I am a little over two weeks and I am quite tired......maybe I am overdoing it but I am told being tired is common. You have made it through what I thought was the hardest part......stand firm.......enjoy the boat load of money you will be saving!
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Originally Posted by ViciousCycle 
WTG Ian......I am a little over two weeks and I am quite tired......maybe I am overdoing it but I am told being tired is common. You have made it through what I thought was the hardest part......stand firm.......enjoy the boat load of money you will be saving!
....LOL.......there is also a small group for diet coke users!
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Join Date: Feb 2009
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Yes backporchpoet,
This is my new thing too.
I am trying to pay off debt.
just dumped out all the wine, after what happened to my mom,
and now my husband and I are both saving that money.
its a great idea to do something positive like save the $, or the trip you mentioned.
This is my new thing too.
I am trying to pay off debt.
just dumped out all the wine, after what happened to my mom,
and now my husband and I are both saving that money.
its a great idea to do something positive like save the $, or the trip you mentioned.
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