Yeah, depending on what you drink and how much, it’s almost $10 for a six-pack of beer now, maybe $100 month on average, so that’s about $1200 a year, just on something you’re literally going to be pissing away.
To be fair though, the last few years probably caused people to start drinking more than they normally would. My consumption definitely ticked up during the worst parts of the pandemic to where I was plowing through multiple six-packs a week. I’ve come down quite a bit since then, though it was kind of scary deciding to quit altogether because I was afraid, “What if I can’t do it? What if do have some kind of dependency?” But it actually ended up being easier than I thought since it’s mostly for health reasons (cholesterol and reducing risks for dementia). I just decided to stop and I stopped and that was it, it’s been relatively easy. I probably just have other habits that I started compensating with.
Yeah, depending on what you drink and how much, it’s almost $10 for a six-pack of beer now, maybe $100 month on average, so that’s about $1200 a year, just on something you’re literally going to be pissing away.
To be fair though, the last few years probably caused people to start drinking more than they normally would. My consumption definitely ticked up during the worst parts of the pandemic to where I was plowing through multiple six-packs a week. I’ve come down quite a bit since then, though it was kind of scary deciding to quit altogether because I was afraid, “What if I can’t do it? What if do have some kind of dependency?” But it actually ended up being easier than I thought since it’s mostly for health reasons (cholesterol and reducing risks for dementia). I just decided to stop and I stopped and that was it, it’s been relatively easy. I probably just have other habits that I started compensating with.