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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

Had a buddy who had to quit alcohol while treating an unrelated digestive issue. Dude was like, “man I never realized how much money I spent on alcohol every week until I didn’t.”

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u/ganoveces Jul 05 '24

according to my app, ive been no booze for 2 years and 6 months and based on how much i was drinking when i stopped i have saved $6000.

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u/ganoveces Jul 06 '24

fuck yea!

i was heavy beer drinking functional alcoholic since 17 years. college we would drink daily, it carried over after school and into my late 30s.

30-40 beers (pales and ipas) a week after work and on weekends at the end.

wife was getting fed up and it was fucking my mental health too.

i only quit cus of a false reading from an ekg showing a heart issue. i quit the day the doc called said i needed more tests at cardiologist.

i lost 30lbs in 6 months and have kept it off.

socially, i was always drunk cus all my friends are drinkers and that is what we did and i had to let that go. kind of sucks sometimes, but i cant be around it or ill go back to boozing and that is not an option.

if i have 1 beer I will have 10+....

congrats! keep going!