Alcohol Costs us More Than We Could Ever Know

Your life would be better sober.

Here’s why:

Think of the financial cost.

Alcohol is expensive!

I used to spend more than $600 a month on alcohol. When I was in college, that would have paid my rent and then some. Last year, that paid off 24% of my student loan. Now, that means I can invest $7200 per year.

Even if your health isn’t a concern you could save so much with one decision.

Then think of your health & fitness.

Alcohol is poison.

Regardless of whether you are concerned about your immediate health or not, there is no question that alcohol is harmful to your body. You will sleep better without alcohol. You will be leaner without the calories from alcohol. Your exercise will work better.

Alcohol just makes living healthy harder.

Think of your mental health.

Alcohol is a depressant.

Whether you drink to forget about your social anxiety or drink to feel nothing at all, you’re achieving the same result. Alcohol shuts down the functioning of the forebrain, our self. It causes uninhibition the same way it causes obliteration. At the moment it feels good, but each time we wake up feeling a little worse than before.