the economic cost of drinking

[jay42]

i thought id stick this thread on here , because i know for myself its not just the problem of drinking , but wheni m drinking i spend too much money its easy to get onto amazon etc order stuff then next day say what the hell did i want that for .. or ebay for that matter
but ithink i ve got a addictive personality anyway so i tend to spend too much
a psychic once told me jay money doesnt like you ! lol
so im better than whati sied to be
anyway i just wondered if others financies have also been plundered through booze
love all
jay

[Croft]

the economic cost of drinking

Not to mention the cost of the booze itself.

[tlrgs]

the economic cost of drinking

and not to mention the cost of getting better , meds and cd's, detox

[Mohun]

the economic cost of drinking

I was thinking about this a lot. I know I probably spent around $3500-4500 (canadian) on booze alone in a year. That doesn't count all of the bad decisions I made while drinking. By that I mean eating out a lot more and bad food choices (fast food). There were other bad choices I made while drinking as well. Not a lot of money, but little bits here and there.

I hope to save enough money to take my wife on a nice vacation in a year. Maybe to one of those all-inclusives (nah, just kidding).

[Croft]

the economic cost of drinking

Maybe we should start a post about all the calories saved as well. I know I don't even like fast food anymore. But when I would get drunk I would CRAVE it. So money is being saved and calories are being saved. Man do I feel like an idiot for drinking.

[nojoke]

the economic cost of drinking

1. Money spent on your own home liquor shop-tick
2. Money spent on convenience food (preferably delivered, we don't want DUI too)-tick
3. Money spent on shouting friends (we are so generous, or should that be we don't want to be the only one with a hangover?)-tick
4. Money lost when calling in sick to work-tick
5. Money spent on mystery phone calls made when drunk-tick

I know there's got to be more! Anyone else? If this list doesn't make you cringe what will???

[BabyGirl]

the economic cost of drinking

• I've bid on many an E-Bay item
  
• I buy make-up to cover up redness
  I have had to buy new clothes because the empty calories have caused weight gain
  

[Mohun]

the economic cost of drinking

Croft. That is one of the biggest things I noticed. When I was hungover, a MacDonald's cheeseburger would be a snack. I no longer crave fast food. I wonder what we were depriving our bodies of if fast food was a craving. Same with carbs.

[caseaday]

the economic cost of drinking

I was at about $7,400 per year for just beer alone which translates to a whopping 840,000 calories. Yikes!

[Croft]

the economic cost of drinking

caseday - OMG!!!! I am scared to go look mine up!!! No wonder I am losing weight.

[myra]

the economic cost of drinking

And do not forget all the exercise equipment we bought, stuff from the home shopping network, skin care products to make that liquored-up face look better.....