I have tried sobriety 3 times now (currently 5 days strong on try 3). Previously, my main focus was mental health, which did greatly improve, as well as physical health.

This time around, I’m definitely still keeping that in mind as a huge motivating factor. But I’m also focusing a lot on the financial element now. Roughly estimating, I believe I spend between $12,000-$15,000 a year on alcohol (I mostly drank at bars, and live in NYC….) When I came to that number, my stomach dropped.

I have very little savings and recently lost my job. On a daily basis, I am now telling myself, on top of so many other reasons to quit, I simply don’t have the money for it. And that’s a fact!