Omg! So, I was in the shower thinking (lol) and wondering how much money I spent in a year on alcohol!! I took my daughter’s shower crayons lol and calculated it. Yall!! Thousands and thousands of dollars!!! Like what the heck. You don’t realize at the time how much money you spend. But DANG!! if that’s not a reason in itself to stop drinking!!
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It adds up quick! My tracker says I’ve saved over $23,000!
Instead of booze, I buy guitars now. It’s a fair trade.
What will you treat yourself with?
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I paid off my car and all credit card debts. Drinking is a huge drain. Just imagine what a DWI or two would cost.
Not drinking is like having part-time job with excellent benefits.
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I think I now need shower crayons lol
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Going to actually get my hair done and feel bad spending a couple hundred on it every 8 weeks 
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You definitely should! lol
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Hey, that’s a great way to look at it. Having a part time job with benefits lol I love that.
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Thats the BEST thing ive ever heard and so true! I wondered how all my coworkers at my full time job were buying stuff like Peletons when I had to get a part time side job just to make rent! Then I didnt drink/drank a lot less for a month for medical reasons and that was the first month my checking account didnt get overdrawn in YEARS.
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I’m also a person who spend lot of money in drinking. I can say if i start drinking i will spend
20 - 50 USD per day.
Next day when i look at my bank statement i can see 95% of transactions related to “BAR/LIQUORSHO/WINE SHOP” etc… Otherside if i’m going to spend 50usd for a any good stuff like clothes, shoes or somethig else that really hurts me but when i spend it for drinking i never feel that way.
This all happen because of the addicted mind to alcohol.
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I really like the savings tracker feature 
i review it regularly!
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Totally relate. I was spending over $350 a week on booze. Absolutely ridiculous.
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I never put it to paper but i could imagine i missed out in 15 years of failures or successes. 29 now 132 days sober now!
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Yes that’s too much.
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I’m also 29.5 and i drunk for 16 years in my life. I have good skills in computer software making. Had good job, got lot of money as reward for my skills.
Every penny i destroyed by alcohol !!!
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This made me laugh, it’s so accurate!
Nominally I track at $20 per day /$140 week spend but in reality there was some lumpy stuff in there that cost me a lot more… like the time I had to spend 2 days in a hotel because I was too wasted to go home. 
If you even it out, it might be $200/week or $10k per year. It wasn’t always like that but even if it was half that, over 20 years that’s $100k. How much of it can I remember? Um…
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Yes but its true. !!!
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im a millionaire since i stopped lol
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I started paying £50 a week that I spent on booze to my mortgage account as an overpayment…. I’m 5 years and six months sober and I’ve over paid nearly £13,500!!! That’s knocked our mortgage term down considerably. I can’t believe I used to throw that money down my throat night after night. I probably spent more than £50 per week in reality 
. Wish I’d done it sooner!! Great post. Shower crayons do sound fantastic! 
who knew such things existed 
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I want to share one of my feelings today related to money. I used to spend about $20 on buying medicine for my 3-year-old Labrador Retriever. When I spent that money, I felt really sad or regretful. But when I spent the same or even more than $20 on drinking, I never felt sad or regretful. What a difference in my brain when it comes to alcohol!
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That’s a brilliant idea! might have to start doing that! Shower crayons are great haha
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