drinking the poison Alcohol is an expensive addiction

Want a shock - track the cost of your social drinking, regular drinking, habitual drinking and occasional drinking for one month.  I did this.  Killing yourself slowly with an alcohol addiction is very expensive.

I am going to take some averages, then add in some extra's.

On average I consumed 6-8 craft beers a day.  A 6 pack of craft beer cost $12.00 or $2 a bottle at the beer store.  So I'll say I was drinking on average 210 beers a month.  $420 a month, cha-ching.

I would occasionally go out for a "few" with a friend during the month, say about two times.  A "few" was usually 5, I know drunk math.  Craft beer at the place we would go was $7 a pint, so a "few" cost me $40 including tip.  $80 a month, cha-ching.

So on average I was spending $500 a month pouring a taxi poison down my throat seeking illusional benefits.  $6000 a year......but wait there is more....vacations.

I usually go on vacation 3-4 times a year.  This entails eating out at fancy restaurants and going to bars, playing golf and various other activities, that some how always included alcohol.  I'm going to be conservative and say each of these vacations cost me an additional $400 in alcohol, or $1600 per year.  Don't believe me, we proudly spent $225 for the "large" bottle of silver oak red wine (twice) while on vacation because after all we only drink the good stuff with our meal, aren't we special.

My yearly drinking total is now at $7600! or over $625 per month!  Yikes.

This doesn't count the times I would "buy" and my alcohol tab would include others doses of the poison.  Or sporting event, were the price of a container of alcohol is 5-6x what you can buy at the store. So this total might be a bit understated.

Now grant it, in the end I was a very high tolerance addict - it took me a very high dose of the drug alcohol to "feel" it.  The problem with that is.....keeping on the blog theme.........once I felt "it" I shot right through to being passed out or extremely tired and I want to go to bed to sleep.  What fun!

I noticed the cost of alcohol addiction has been increasing every year, not only are the stores raising the price, taxes are also being raised on the "elixir" of life in most counties and cities.  Alcohol is a serious source of tax revenue, no wonder they promote drinking alcohol as part of the fabric of the city.  "we proudly proclaim that we have 30 craft breweries within our metro area" - states one local city.  My personal cost of alcohol increased every year as I got deeper and deeper into the addiction.

I'll make it easy for myself - I spent about $10,000 per year drinking alcohol.

So I will say - I just hit the lottery.  I figure I have about 25 years left on this planet.  $250,000!
paid out in an annuity of $10,000 per year over the next 25 years!

Time to celebrate - I think I'll have a drink.  Just kidding.