How much do you spend on booze and do you feel Guilty?

Bobtheman

I spend about 70 a week.
My wife doesn't drink.
I feel it's too much
I get terribly guilty over it
I don't have a bad job but I think it's excessive

JustAThought

is that slabs of beer from Lidl/Aldi drunk at home on the other end of the couch, or a few rounds with your mates while she sips cidona (or stays at home), or litres of semi top shelf whiskey or a few bottles of wine with meals out with her? all e70’s are not equal!!

Ubbquittious

Depends. Less than 10 quid I'd say and other ppl would drink a good bit of what I'd buy. Some week I'll go mad and fill the pickup abroad and not spend anything for quite a while after that

W0LFMAN

Nothing, I don't drink

I have very sick kid (cancer) that could require me anytime to drive to hospital at drop of hat.

Need my licence, for work.

1 pint and I'd be useless.

I don't miss the pint. Be like drinking washing up liquid now.

wally1990

About 70 to 85 a week including taxi (I'd skip the odd week totally or drink in home (15 quid or so

Feel guilty.. , hell no. By the end of a work week I'm delighted I'm enjoying myself and within budget

Atlantic Dawn

€70 could get you 11 pints in Dublin over a week or during the booze season 4 crates, somewhere in the middle ground is likely the sweet spot for value and health.

mikeecho

Just back from Tesco.. spent about €360 on 3 bottles.

Don't feel guilty

JohnnyFlash

I drink about 10 or 12 pints of porter on a Friday or Saturday. So about 65 euro. Might sup a few cans during the week as well so that’s 12 euros for 8 cans of Guinness.

Put me down for about 300 per month.

Salary Negotiator

I’m trying to lose weight so off the drink but could easily spend between €50-€80 a week usually between beers at home and pints in the pub.

Particularly during the 6 Nations, absolutely love those beers watching the rugby.

Bobtheman

It's just when you have a wife who does not spend anything on herself I feel Guilty
It's a mix of pubs and off licence

JustAThought

the quality of my life and pocket has arguably gone up considerably since I took the pub, taxis and commuting out of my quality drinking time. I now either buy a btl of my favourite and a mixer (25 or so) and nip at it one or a few per week or month as I fancy - no pressure, no bar prices and no hassles - I can have one or a quarter bottle - no pressure or rounds.

Alternatively I can get in a few alternative types of btls (330ml) for 10-15e and have them of an evening and a bottle of wine after dinner over one or two nights as I fancy - lovely!Again about e25-e28. Excluding the munchies after!

Next weekend coming I have to go out on a couples evening and am horrorstruck at the inevitable - a round for 12-16 people. G&T’s, whisjey & sodas, glasses of wine - the lot : I wont get much change out of e150. And they say drinking at home is bad for you. Its all relative.

Not that much so no guilt

endacl

I suppose I’d even out at a tenner a week the odd week.

Raconteuse

W0LFMAN wrote: »

I have very sick kid (cancer) that could require me anytime to drive to hospital at drop of hat.

Shyte, so sorry to read it.

wally1990

W0LFMAN wrote: »

Nothing, I don't drink

I have very sick kid (cancer) that could require me anytime to drive to hospital at drop of hat.

Need my licence, for work.

1 pint and I'd be useless.

I don't miss the pint. Be like drinking washing up liquid now.

Genuinely sorry to hear that

Redneck Reject71

W0LFMAN wrote: »

Nothing, I don't drink

I have very sick kid (cancer) that could require me anytime to drive to hospital at drop of hat.

Need my licence, for work.

1 pint and I'd be useless.

I don't miss the pint. Be like drinking washing up liquid now.

Sorry to hear that but know I will pray for you and your little one.

squawker

JustAThought wrote: »

Next weekend coming I have to go out on a couples evening and am horrorstruck at the inevitable - a round for 12-16 people. G&T’s, whisjey & sodas, glasses of wine - the lot : I wont get much change out of e150. And they say drinking at home is bad for you. Its all relative.

you should all put €20 - €30 quid each in a pot, that should sort the rounds out fairly for everyone

Raconteuse

€12 to €20 if I drink. A bottle of wine or three/four beers.

No guilt as it's not excessive.

Ronin247

4 or 5 pints with friends once a week and half a bottle of whiskey at home so about €35 per week. Don't feel guilty I work hard and can afford it .

JustAThought

agreed.

OP do you include your wife socially when you drink or is she excluded/self-excluding?

I guess you work and put money on the table and the rent/mortgage is paid and noone is going without because of your e70? I wouldn’t be getting the wood ready for the crucifix for that.

you wife may well not spend money on herself but then again she may - hair, waxes, pedicures, lunches, clothes/makeup - it just might not be the kind of visible purchase you see or notice. Has she brought it up or is she the dissaproving martyr type?

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

Basically nothing. I barely drink. The only time I spend money on it really is when bringing wine to somebody’s home when I’m visiting or buying birthday drinks.

Rodin

Not enough

ab4248

4/5 pints in local and a bottle or two of red. So about €40. Nope don’t feel guilty but sometimes worry about health implications, then I have a drink and forget about it

Redneck Reject71

I spend way too much a week on bad Tequila here.Jose Cuervo is crap!.

Irish_rat

Zero since Christmas. Wouldnt mind a bottle of wine some night think it's overdue

pauliebdub

I go out about one a week, maybe twice -30 quid a go and maybe 10 to 15 quid a week at the off-licence. No I don't feel guilty

rapul

Bottle of wine every Friday and Saturday night max 2 of I'm feeling it but that would only be 24 quid a week, single father so don't get to go out, oh and no don't feel guilty one bit!

ab4248

squawker wrote: »

you should all put €20 - €30 quid each in a pot, that should sort the rounds out fairly for everyone

Still doesn’t make it fair. Kittys only work out fair if everyone is drinking similar priced drinks but it def works our better than 150 and the smartarse who usually gets away without buying a round doesn’t escape! As a beer drinker being stuck in a round with someone drinking g&t’s can work out costly. Was caught in a round with someone last sat night - pint 4.80 g&t 8.10!

Irish_rat

Zero since Christmas. Wouldnt mind a bottle of wine some night think it's overdue

wally1990

ab4248 wrote: »

Still doesn’t make it fair. As a beer drinker being stuck in a round with someone drinking g&t’s can work out costly. Was caught in a round with someone last sat night - pint 4.80 g&t 8.10!

Hate people to try/make it a thing in these type of rounds

Now... I'd get someone a drink or 2 but **** it if they thinks I'm in rounds all night in that type of situation where their drink is costing way more

Its just not fair and I'd rather stay on my own

Ohmeha

I try to keep it to €30 per week in the pub which I usually do and I only go out on average every 2 weeks. For the weeks I don't go out I have stocked up on cans/whiskey for home drinking from the end of the year supermarket discounts/vouchers.

My body and my wallet only seem the cope with the average recommended weekly units so happy with my spending on the stuff!

Salary Negotiator

Irish_rat wrote: »

Zero since Christmas. Wouldnt mind a bottle of wine some night think it's overdue

Same. I still have a few cans and bottles left over from Christmas.

Gasping for a night on the tear so I am.

Fitz*

Used to easily drop a couple hundred on drink every weekend years ago. Didn't feel guilty then, youthful naivety perhaps. I would definitely feel guilty at that much now.

Seem to be drinking more at events these days - weddings, 30ths etc, which always seem to be more costly for some reason.

Bobtheman

I just want to spend less. Think less time in the pub where I mainly drink alone reading a book and more booze at home. I'd meet up with people more but it's hard to arrange. I Just stopped bothering

Cody montana

Since new years, nothing.

Paddys day, A few hundred!

Jenbach110

Minimum of €100 per week, no kids so I dont feel quilty!

rapul

Jenbach110 wrote: »

Minimum of €100 per week, no kids so I dont feel quilty!

Quilty ouvit!

Liamo57

The kids are reared and Im retired with a big redundancy a pension and a new part time job. The wife has a good business I love porter and do not feel guilty. Shes out for a meal tonight and I had an indian and 8 cans. I love it. Spent my life giving to the kids and its my time now.

Wompa1

€0. I stopped drinking years ago. Unfortunately, I filled the void with food. Take outs probably cost me as much as the drink to be honest. Probably almost as bad for my health too!

If it's within budget and not costing in other ways (like relationship or health issues), then there's no point in feeling guilty.

I don't drink so it costs me nothing. *Polishes halo*

dockysher

Id have about 45 pints usually then a packet of criiisssspppsss or peanuts and then maybe 3 or 4 more.
So about 190 euro

Ted_YNWA

dockysher wrote: »

Id have about 45 pints usually then a packet of criiisssspppsss or peanuts and then maybe 3 or 4 more.
So about 190 euro

You have to factor in how much the fry has cost Maureen as well.

Raconteuse

Ever wondered what a cross between Srameen and JohnnyFlash would be like?

Liamo57 wrote: »

The kids are reared and Im retired with a big redundancy a pension and a new part time job. The wife has a good business I love porter and do not feel guilty. Shes out for a meal tonight and I had an indian and 8 cans. I love it. Spent my life giving to the kids and its my time now.

Snails pace

On average about €35 per week. I usually go to the local on a Friday night or else a Sunday evening for a few drinks with friends. I very rarely drink at home. Some weekends we would go into town so that night could go upto €250 between drink, taxi and the dirty kebab at the end of the night, and no i dont feel guilty.

Ted_YNWA

Rarely drink anyway. Would only be every couple of month. 30-40 or so on them occasions.

Unless it is a special occasion which are few & far between now.

Assetbacked

Maybe €40 per month average, on N/A beers, fairly spread out as well like it could be a pub visit or two and a visit to a friend's place. Every three to five months I would have a trip away like a stag or something and would drink alcohol then so of course the spend increases then on nice wine with dinner, a casual beer or two during the day depending on the activities and then on some post-dinner stiffener.

Aisling(",)

I don't drink that often.Last few drinks I had were on new years.

I'm out this Saturday for two friends birthdays so I'd say I'll spend the guts of 100 between taxi, drinks and getting a drink or two for the two birthdays girls.

I'm guessing over the year I average a 15 a week.

I don't usually feel guilty but I can do if its been a heavy weekend.Seeing my bank balance when I'm hungover is no craic.

weldoninhio

€100-250 a week i'd say. Don't feel guilty, it's my money.

Wanderer78

nothing, no guilt

JustAThought

Bobtheman wrote: »

I just want to spend less. Think less time in the pub where I mainly drink alone reading a book and more booze at home. I'd meet up with people more but it's hard to arrange. I Just stopped bothering

why don’t you join a meetup.com group? Far more social and you get to meet new people & often the event can end with a few social drinks in a pub -might guilt you less than drinking alone over a book.

Bass Reeves

Go out about twice a week will have about 4-6 pints. Pint costs 4.70 in the local so after getting caught for the local lotto about 50 euro. When I factor in s bit extra around Christmas, on holidays and either the odd bottle of wine at home or a.nip of whiskey around 3k/year.


Third and youngest is in third year in college. Semi retired now out of the rat race but still doing a bit. Better half works as well. Do not feel guilty about it.