How Much Did You Spend On Alcohol This Year?

Before I got sober, booze made up the better part of my budget.

Photo by Alexander Kovacs on Unsplash

This year, it will be easy for me to calculate how much I spent on alcohol: Exactly zero dollars. It’s the same amount I spent on alcohol last year, the year before that, and the year before that, going all the way back to December of 2016, when I first got sober.