I’ll start, and yes, I used a calculator to try to get rough idea by adding up, approximate days and amounts… On the LOW END… DRUM ROLL…
$286,590… 
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Money comes n goes.
My addiction bankrupt me morally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually. That was the true cost.
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Wowzers Bowser, das a lot! I’d have to say a few thousand, but the money doesn’t compare to the time, wellness, and opportunities lost.
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Yea I know, just trying to use this as one way to motivate me to stay clean. Might not be the most important, but still, it’s something:rofl:
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I’m sure the extra money does help though!
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Indeed it does, that’s more than all the money I’ve ever had haha! I can confirm that having money beyond the point you’d normally waste it, then seeing it accumulate while remaining sober, is in the top 5 greatest feelings of sobriety.
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FUCK YEA! Get that money!!!
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Hey I’m trying 
haha, but more importantly for you… KEEP THAT MONEY!!!
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First day back to sobriety, and can’t WAIT for all that loot!!!
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Day 1, and don’t forget, take things 1 day at a time! I’m rootin’ for you!
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It sorta varied. Some days I’d go cheap, others buy a $60 bottle of tequila. Then getting drinks at restaurants.
Alcohol only, maybe $90,000+. That’s not counting 15 years of cigarettes.
That’s crazy to think about.
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Right?!? That’s the point… So much money gone!
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TY SIR! This is my time!
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Yeah, you don’t think about it in the moment. You’re like, that bottle of wine’s only $9. It’s a discount compared to the $20 bottle.
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Zero…I didn’t lose…money spent was the cost of my education…I apply lessons learned daily…I consider it money well spent, as I love who I am…
Be well on your journey peeps
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I did some math and over 20 years its about $180k just on alcohol
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Can’t argue with that
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I feel it! Damn!
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Thats a lot of money lost, but definitly a good motivator in staying clean and sober. I can relate to the high amount and it actually depresses me lol According to my savings, i have saved $28000 in 474 days (how long ive been clean) and i have used for 22 years… so thats alot of money lost. Mind u it is an estimate. I think the biggest loss tho for me is the loss of time and how addiction causes bankruptcy in all forms (as already mentioned).
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Yea, it’s 12 yrs of use… Such an opportunity I’ve lost out on…
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