To ask how much your household spends on alcohol

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DH and I are arguing about how much is reasonable to spend on booze each month.

He drinks, I don't. So to help me work out if I'm being unreasonable I'm asking how much you spend (and for how many drinkers) so I can understand what's reasonable.

Also he smokes, vapes and smokes weed and those all add up as well. I just see it all as a huge waste of money.

Why does he smoke AND vape?

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He smokes and vapes because he started vaping to give up smoking, managed for a while, then went back to it and didn't stop the vaping.

A bottle of wine a week - about £8? If I'm going out its normally dinner and drinks (not that I've been out in a whilst) it would be about £80 but that's every 2 months

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I think I drink about a litre of gin in around 2 months, occasional bottle of wine so, £30 ish a month for me and DH in total which is a generous estimate. Probably much less usually.

But I used to drink around 5-8 bottles of wine a week pre-kids so... 🤷🏾‍♀️

£50-£60 a month here but we don’t go out drinking or have takeaways just occasional meals out

Probably around a tenner on a couple of bottles of wine for cooking

Hmm tbh I'd see the weed as a concern primarily for MH reasons

I personally spend around 14-21 quid a week on alcohol. I like my prosecco, usually a glass am evening sometimes more. Tesco currently have prosecco with 3 quid off until monday so I'm going tomorrow to buy a few more bottles. I'm quite good at moderating during the week though

We spend £0, we would rather go out and have a few drinks, although I wouldnt mind a few, but i drive and my wife doesnt, and i would be worried if something happend to our child i wouldnt be able to drive them to the hospital

Two adults, a couple of bottles of wine a week. It probably works out at around £100 a month on alcohol, which is a lot. But we are fortunate to be able to afford it so it's not a problem. If we couldn't afford it, we would cut down or cut it out. For context, neither of us smoke and we don't go out much or have expensive hobbies.

Neither of us drinks particularly just the odd bottle of fruit coder (which I never finish) so about £10/month and that isn't every month.

I usually buy a bottle of prosecco a week for DP and I to have on a Friday night plus a bottle of rose if we have friends coming over at the weekend. So maybe £15 a week.
We recently invested in a cocktail trolley so have been spending a bit more buying nice looking spirits for it. Neither of us drink gin but the bottle of raspberry, meringue and vanilla gin looks very pretty

Oh did you mean in total rather than just in the food shopping? If so, pre-lockdown we were out most weekends having dinner and drinks so I’d say maybe an extra £40 plus anything else I spent having mid-week dinners with friends.
However, we both have very high paying jobs so can easily afford it. It’s very different if your husband is blowing money like that if you’re struggling.

At most £30 every couple of weeks, but that’s because I like a particular bottle of wine that cost £24.

My husband drinks four cans of ale over a weekend if he’s going to drink.

We don’t drink every weekend and we’re actually considering going teetotal as I feel sluggish even after one glass.

Yes total spend.

We can afford it, I just think it seems a lot to spend for one person.

His brother's an alcoholic and his family are very boozy so I also worry about the health side.

£20-30 a month max between 2.

£0.

We don’t drink alcohol or smoke (or vape).

At the moment, probably £100-150 per month. I get a regular wine delivery and then have been stocking up on various spirits.

I think it does really depend what you drink though. If I replaced all my alcohol intake with beer or cider, I'd probably spend nearer £30-40

Hmm 🤔 it's just me and the kids and I normally buy 2-3 bottles of wine a week they're each less than a tenner. During lockdown it's been more though, a couple of extra bottles a week

I drink mainly white wine and DH drinks red. We go through 2 bottles each per week on average. Say £8 per bottle £32 per week. Might have the occasional gin or rum so say £40 per week, £160 per month. BUT I just go off it sometimes and don’t drink for weeks on end.

I spend zero on alcohol, I'm a single parent & haven't had a drink for over 3 years, I do vape but £100 worth of vape juice lasts me over 3 months.

About £15 a week. Crate of lager and a bottle of rum between me and dp. Both last just over fortnight though

Around £150-200 a month at the moment....it was less pre lockdown. I drink wine and the occasional cocktails and DH drinks cognac or malt which is obviously quite a bit more expensive than drinking cider or beer.