Financial upside!
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Fort Worth, TX
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Financial upside!
Today will be day 6 for me---it's been a LONG time since I have made it this far! I realized last night that I'm saving $10 a day not drinking! OK-- I wasn't a big spender when it came to my choices, I usually bought the cheap stuff. But my husband works MANY hours a week, I work to maintain the house and family, so no paper paycheck for me. I'm pleased that I'm no longer taking away from his exhausting efforts to provide for our family. $70-100 a week! That's a big deal!
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It's great isn't it. More money, better health, better relationships, improved self-esteem, more time ....
Well done on day 6! Those early days were by far the hardest for me (just getting to day two or three was a rare event for me). But you'll have gone through the full week cycle tomorrow, and that's a significant milestone I think.
Keep it up!
Well done on day 6! Those early days were by far the hardest for me (just getting to day two or three was a rare event for me). But you'll have gone through the full week cycle tomorrow, and that's a significant milestone I think.
Keep it up!
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Amazing isn't it?
At the end of 2012 my wife angrily presented me with the tally from a credit card that breaks down expenses. Over $6000 on alcohol! She said it with a lot more emotion than I can type. And this doesn't count the thousands more in cash withdrawals. Good thing for me cause I'm proly gonna lose my job. I could use the extra 10k. As part of my 1st step work I had to calculate the $$$ wasted on alcohol.
I realized that over that past 20 yrs I could have paid off my house and had a shore property and maybe even a cabin in the Poconos. Now I'm just hoping to be able to keep my house.
It's funny how real reality really is.
But you know what? I'll be okay. Honest.
At the end of 2012 my wife angrily presented me with the tally from a credit card that breaks down expenses. Over $6000 on alcohol! She said it with a lot more emotion than I can type. And this doesn't count the thousands more in cash withdrawals. Good thing for me cause I'm proly gonna lose my job. I could use the extra 10k. As part of my 1st step work I had to calculate the $$$ wasted on alcohol.
I realized that over that past 20 yrs I could have paid off my house and had a shore property and maybe even a cabin in the Poconos. Now I'm just hoping to be able to keep my house.
It's funny how real reality really is.
But you know what? I'll be okay. Honest.
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