How much of your hard-earned money have you wasted on booze? How much will you waste in the future if you keep drinking? What would you guess you spend per week on alcohol? $20? $50? $100? More?
Think about it — every time you hit the booze: after work, at home, weekends, parties, special occasions, vacations — what does it all cost?
Here are some numbers to give you an idea:
- At $20 per week you spend $1,040 per year, $10,400 every 10 years
- At $50 per week you spend $2,600 per year, $26,000 every 10 years
- At $75 per week you spend $3,900 per year, $39,000 every 10 years
- At $100 per week you spend $5,200 per year, $52,000 every 10 years
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a pile of money sitting in the bank? Money that you would have spent on booze. “Free” money. Plus great health to have fun with it?
What sense does it make to waste your money on alcohol? Ruining your health in the process? It’s estimated that alcoholism reduces the average life expectancy by 10-12 years. What a thing, to be given the miracle of life, the opportunity to be a human being on planet Earth, top of the food chain, and to choose to poison yourself with booze. It defies all logic.
So here’s an idea: quit drinking, and put your money to good use. If you have debt, use the money to pay it off. Once your debts are paid off, transfer the money you would have spent on booze into a savings account each week, every week, and watch it grow. (You could put cash into a drawer, or a jar, or a piggy bank, but you risk losing it if you were burgled, or in the event of a fire.)
The flip side of all of this is that if you continue to abuse alcohol, wasting your money, your health will continue to deteriorate. Down the road you are going to find yourself damaged beyond repair, and up to your neck in medical bills. Alcohol ruins friendships, families, jobs, and lives.
Save your money. Get your health back on track. Do something with your amazing life.
KTB
Kick the Booze 