Exactly! A $9 bottle a day, every day for 10yrs is $32,850! Mine was a 65 minimum a day!
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Im grateful tho that u have changed ur ways and have gotten clean and sober. Think of all the money ull save now! And what u can do with it!
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Unfortunately, Iām back on day oneā¦ Never really cared about money, but when I did the math thatās an INSANE amount to be withoutā¦ Just trying to collect any motivation I canā¦ I know this WILL be the time I beat itā¦ because of everyone hereā¦ Just needed a little support and Iām getting so much hereā¦ I got this!
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Roughly 100/day (some days I didnāt use, but other days I spent $300+)
So thatās 365 days * $100 = $36,500
For 5 yearsā¦$182,500
And thatās only an estimate. And only for those 5 years. I also spent a few years as a teen in active addictionā¦though Iād never admit i had a problem. Of courseā¦
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Lotta loot!
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I would guess I spent between $100,000 and $200,000 although I canāt even come close to showing my work. Madness.
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Fucking crazy right?
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Sometimes I get really excited because I never have to do that again and for a long time it was something I had to do. No more. 
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Thousands and now I begrudge spending Ā£2 on a bottle of fizzy drink. 
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I didnāt count how much Iāve spent on alcohol, but I just now counted how much Iāve spent on taurine (energy drinks), because when I started to be sober from alcohol, I drank them A LOT. Like even more then alcohol. 
In Czech Republic one energy drink costs something like $2. Now, when we know this, letās count how much I spend on it my money, when knowing I was drinking it almost every day - even twice or more for a day for 7 months.
At the end we have $426. If adding days when I drank energy drinks twice or even more, itās $500.
Holy shit, thatās actually a lot. For these money I could buy in that time books or even phone lol. I donāt want to even know how much Iāve spent on alcohol or other shit I was addicted on.
But as well adding something positive: because of me now being sober, I have much more money, which I spent on my hobbies and things Iāve always wanted. Itās nice feeling to buy something what you long time wanted and knowing you didnāt spent it on alcohol or energy drink. 
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I couldnāt put a number on the money I wasted but I can put into perspective the years lost in relation to what we have on this precious earth with the ones we love.
I will say it concerns me a bit that you are looking to things to motivate you versus yourself. I was a chronic relapser and I did that too, first it was when my dad passed, then my best friend, then my family still here, then money, I could go on with all the reasons I thought I could quit. It wonāt happen until itās for YOU and the life you want. Thatās just my opinion based on my experience, i along with everyone here support you and are rooting for you but I would just encourage you to look deeper.
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Money spent isnāt something I like to focus on, because thereās nothing I can do about the past, and it certainly doesnāt help me to move on. Itās kind of depressing to think about actually.
I drank for 27 years, 18 of which was heavy. I wouldnāt even know where to start. For years itās been roughly 7.5 bottles of wine per week and a bottle of gin. ā¬112 per week x 52 x 18 - ā¬114, 192. Thatās not including money spent on special occasions, Christmas etc. The years before that are immeasurable because my drinking wasnāt as severe, or as frequent. Sadly, the night drinking appears to be roughly when I started having my kids. I found having to stay home a lot very difficult to handle. Social life went to zero.
Anyway, I prefer the looking forward approach. Itās far more motivating for me to see what we are saving and how we will use the extra cash 
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Money is the least important thing that I lost in active addiction, the things I lost are pricelessā¦ years of my kids growing up, days I couldāve spent with my dad, even just time in general. The money Iāve saved over the past 3.5 years doesnāt mean much to me either, the change in me as a human and my life as a whole is also priceless.
Keep on ODAAT, best wishes.
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Half a million. Now I have a half a million reasons not to go back to that life. Stay strong and focus on the issue at hand which is saving yourself, the money will save itself.
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