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It may seem that I spend a lot of money on food, but the thing is that I used to drink a lot of scotch... My older brother bitched me out a couple of months ago (He's a CPA and tax attorney, he does my taxes and book keeping) I was spending $2500 a week on eating out and booze!! It was not uncommon for me and my girl to go to places in downtown eat and drink $500 a night or even for lunch a couple of times per week... Hell a few times we went to the same restaurant twice the same day, once for lunch, then for dinner, each time was around $300...
I also drank a bottle of 15 year old McCallens scotch per day... Sometimes two... I did that for a month straight, started drinking since I woke up and wouldn't stop until bedtime... I had horrible withdrawls, thought I was going to die for sure, had pains in my stomach and wouldn't eat anything for a week, then that's when I decided to stop... The withdrawls were the absolute worst I've ever had in my life and I was addicted to a lot of substances in the past, those were easy to quit, the booze was not, I had seizures, I was having vivid hallucinations of demons for a week straight... I did a lot of praying and meditating and took a good look at my life and the people I was letting down, especially my son, that's really what made me hit rock bottom, when I knew that I had to change now...
So my girl told me that with all of that money I spend every night eating out and drinking, I could eat anything I want at home for the week...
She was absolutely right, plus I'm not ruining my health and fighting with everyone drinking so damn much... So as a reward for not drinking; I've been eating good quality, healthy food and supplements...
Right now my food bill for the week, is about 1/5th of what I was spending on booze and I feel great, best decision I ever made, my head is clear, I enjoy my diet and I'm making very good progress... Been without a single drink for 42 days now... and the last time I got drunk was at my little brother's wedding on the 15th of January... Every day I wake up, I feel grateful for having the strength to stay sober and that motivates me to eat right and get in the gym, get progressively better every day and maybe do another show...
Have you found a solution that works? I just did my taxes and learned that I spent $96k on my personal (not business) AMEX last year alone. Most was eating out, entertainment, And gifts for my wife. You don't realize it, because you pay AMEX in full every month. It really just says we're spending a fortune in this shit that distances us from our goals.