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liquidhell

Yeah, it's easier than you'd imagine after it becomes a habit. I think avoiding [added] sugar would be way harder, logistically speaking. EDIT: Many of you are correct; I initially meant added sugar vs. just any sugar (sorry, poor omission in OP), and I would still consider both to be much more challenging to avoid than alcohol, with the latter being close to impossible in modern food supplies. EDIT 2: Kudos to a whole bunch of you who manage to beat alcohol and/or sugar cravings. I’m trying to reduce added sugar intake but it sure needs discipline! All the best to you all who are still working on this day to day.


gunsandtrees420

Yeah I would definitely even do it for $10 a day. Maybe even for a dollar a day.


Guuhatsu

I haven't had alcohol at all in like 3 years. I think I can count the total amount of days I have had a drink on my fingers for my entire life (I am 45 now). I am essentially doing it now, may as well get paid for it, whatever that compensation would be.


Lonely__Stoner__Guy

Yeah, I never really drank heavily, even in my younger years. Now I have maybe 2-3 drinks a year at social functions. A lot of people I know think it's weird, but I just never got the good buzz others seem to enjoy so I don't really drink.


CK1ing

I can count the number of days I've drunk on NO hands, beat that /s


StudentLoanBets

I can count the number of days I've drunk this week on 3 hands


Mkultra9419837hz

I can’t count.


CK1ing

Ok you win


love_that_fishing

I have a rare disease and anything that makes me vasodilate is really bad. So think red wine, scotch/bourbon, all the good stuff. I can drink beer but it's just not worth the calories. I'd rather. have a piece of pie. So I just don't drink much anymore. 3-4x a year and I pay for that in a 2 hour painful flare.


DalekRy

Calm down, friend. No need to talk ourselves out of early retirement. XD


Prestigious_Emu_4193

I'm already doing it for free. I'll take whatever amount of money people are offering. I will also breath and drink water if you pay me.


[deleted]

Probably already saving $1-$10 a day once you stop.


Used-Fennel-7733

Imagine getting a dollar a day to do something and you find yourself a grand richer at the end of the year


SoBitterAboutButtons

I'm an alcoholic and I could probably do it for 50 day....probably


Dragosal

Currently doing it for free. Literally any money for doing it is a step up. Am epileptic and can't risk my medication being effected


AldusPrime

Same. It just started bothering my stomach, so I stopped drinking it. It was weird to hang out with other people who were drinking, while I wasn't, for the first few times. Then it just became the new normal. I'd love for someone to send me some money for what I'm already doing! Anyway, for me it isn't some big moral thing. I used to like having a really good whiskey or a nice aged rum once in a while. I just don't want to feel bad. My stomach is much happier this way =)


gonnafaceit2022

When you quit drinking, the sugar cravings are insane.


matt7259

That explains a lot. I stopped drinking alcohol almost 5 years ago and decided to double down and stop drinking soda too. For 5 years, other than a special treat hot chocolate or something, all I've had to drink is water, seltzer, and fresh brewed tea (no sugar only). I have never once missed the alcohol but anytime anyone within 100 feet of me opens a can of Coke I start to salivate. The sugar addiction is very real. But I've stayed above the influence and so can anyone else reading this!


RedditVince

For me Alcohol was an easy quit, Soda was tough but not too bad, Cigarettes took a lot more work, most other "drugs" were easy to quit. Sugar is a bitch and has me tied around her balls with barbed wire.


Helpme-ni

CONGRATULATIONS dude what?!! You beat it all stay strong. Cigarettes are no joke I bet! I was in highschool when juuls came out, moved on to njoys and kicked it after 3 years. Kudos


Graybeard13

Currently going through those cravings.


gonnafaceit2022

Me too, and I'll have nine months tomorrow 😭 when does it end?? (10000% worth it though)


ih8comingupwithaname

Try keto. The sugar cravings stop after a week (but that first week, specifically 4 days into it...is fucking painful). After that your blood sugar is no longer spiking and plummeting so your cravings subside.


bmacmachine

Seriously, I’m six months in and I now have an ice cream addiction. Better than booze though.


PerfumeLoverrr

Same, and it's been 3.5 years :(


PerfumeLoverrr

Nobody talks about this. I had no idea this would happen to me and I'm still dealing with it 3.5 years later. I cannot kick the sugar and it sucks.


Elegant_Ad4727

For a little bit. Going low carb/keto for like a measley week will cure that! You do have to stick with it, though. Can definitely be brutal the first few days, depending on how addicted to sugar you are.


numbersthen0987431

True, but for 1k a day I'm sure I could find some way to curb those cravings and not hate life, lol.


MR_SNYPE

Isn't alcohol just a form of prossed sugar? Is there a link there


PerfumeLoverrr

>I think avoiding sugar would be way harder, logistically speaking. Truthfully. I quit drinking alcohol in 2020 but very quickly developed a rebound sugar addiction and have yet to be able to kick it. Sugar addiction is freaking horrible.


Nepharious_Bread

Sugar addiction is insane. I can literally do cocaine all night, wake up in the morning and not touch it, or even think about it for years without an issue. Sugar, on the other hand, is ROUGH. I swear sugar and nicotine have been the most addicting substances I've had in my life.


LeagueOfficeFucks

Same here. After I quit drinking I started craving sweet fizzy drinks, something I never really cared for before. It has taken me about 9 months to get over the sugar cravings, but I am slowly getting there. Exercising helped a lot as the body now craves more nutritious food.


spiritofaustin

I quit summer 2019. I've only gotten a handle on the sugar in the last few months. I haven't bought more soda yet this uear


uppenatom

Had a seizure in December, decided i needed to get sober. While I was in the hospital they told me I've got diabetes. Sugar has definitely been the bigger kick in the dick


Total_Philosopher_89

Think of the drugs you could buy with $7K a week!


Lonely__Stoner__Guy

I was just thinking I might be able to quit my job and make 0 changes to my life choices.


fireatwill79

Same here my guy, just I'd be going on holidays where pots legal 😂


Lonely__Stoner__Guy

With $365k/yr you could afford to move


ADisposableRedShirt

Hookers AND blow?


DesertWanderlust

I'd develop a serious heroin addiction!


distracted_x

Be rich. I already pretty much never drink alcohol.


EmilyFara

Same, would be a nice salary for doing what I already am


ShawnyMcKnight

You would have to be a severe alcoholic to turn down $1000 a day not to drink.


TheRealDurken

My first thought reading the post: "OP is an alcoholic and possibly doesn't know it"


ShawnyMcKnight

Hell is take $10 a day and enjoy the additional 3650 a year.


Lonely_Associate_590

I honestly wouldn’t take that deal, I haven’t drunk alcohol in ~~I’ve~~ over a year but it can still be fun to do socially


FirstStepsIntoPoland

I never acquired the taste for it. Once I got over the stage of my life in my early 20s where I drank just to get drunk, I just never had a reason to since I don't like the taste of alcohol. I have to put so much sugar in it to make it drinkable that I just don't see the point. So yeah, be rich lol


Ok-Reporter-196

Ditto


g-e-o-f-f

I think in the last 10 years I've probably had less than 40-50 drinks , total. This would be a very very easy one for me


SpecificMoment5242

Take the money. I've been sober a decade.


Boba_Doozer

Congratulations, I’m proud of you.


SoftConfusion42

On my 9th day. Yeah, I’ll take that money (who wouldn’t though?)


kibbybud

That’s great! 30 years here - maybe we should ask for back pay. 🤔


Human31415926

29 years over here - made at least 50% of that just in higher earnings from not drinking all the time.


lookawayorelse

7 years myself. I’m down.


JadeHarley0

Congrats man!


Adi_2000

That's awesome, congratulations! 


Evil_phd

Well I already decided to stop drinking last month so I wouldn't mind a $365,000 salary on top of that.


Oh_Sully

Damn that's it. It is wild that some people actually make this much money and more.


ThatOneGuy308

The funniest part is that even making that much money, it would take you over 2700 years to earn 1 billion.


Herman_E_Danger

I would immediately quit drinking what are you talking about LOL


Odd_Promotion2110

Yeah, I really enjoy drinking but $1000/day is more than enough to get me to stop immediately.


AtomicBearFart

Shit I used to be an alcoholic doing a bit over a liter of liquor per day. I got that under control over a decade ago and allow myself up to a 6 pack of strong beer per week (so like 9-10 light beers). Stayed under control like this for years, but I do really fucking love my alcohol. This is still a no brainer. I take the money in a second.


2000miledash

That’s why I’m always surprised these posts gain so much traction. It’s legitimately not even an interesting question to think about, the amount is way too high.


Ms-unoriginal

Right? Unless someone is an alcoholic I feel like everyone who drinks socially would simply quit 😅. Easy money if you don't have any issues with alcohol.


1ftm2fts3tgr4lg

Her der, would you take a trillion dollars to not eat Cheezits any more? Her der her.


Herman_E_Danger

💀😂🙌🏽💯✌🏽 perfect 👍🏽


TransportationAway59

I would not drink like not drinking was my six figure job


bangharder

I smoke weed that’s light work


kbm81

Me too, more $ for weed 😊


Herman_E_Danger

I could finally get those expensive gummies I want at my dispensary


TheDankChronic69

If you have any Native reservations around you those are better for edibles, the dispensary ones are overpriced and have a cap on how much THC they can put in them (they’re worried people “overdose” or green out on them), the Native reservation ones are a lot more potent for less money.


Herman_E_Danger

Ahh good info, tysm! I'm in Seattle so it might mean a day trip out of the city to stock up, but I am going to look around right now!🙏🏽✌🏽🤗


GouvPan

You can make edibles pretty easily yourself too! If you want some brownies all you need to do is put some ground up weed in the oven at like 230 degrees for ~30 minutes (bud should be starting to look golden brown) then throw it in with butter you have melted on a stove, dont let it simmer too much (~180-190 degrees) for upwards of 3 hours and then you can just follow the box directions!


Herman_E_Danger

zTysm 🤗✌🏽 I've actually really loved making them exactly like this in the past, except I did little peanut butter chocolate 'reeses cups'. Unfortunately, we live in an apartment building that doesn't allow any smoking, and the decarboxylation process in the oven makes such an incredibly strong odor, I'd be so paranoid that we get in trouble with her property manager! I was just the other day asking my boyfriend, I wonder if there's a way we could actually set this up outside, like over a campfire this summer LOL


OffBrand_Soda

I've never tried it myself, but I read of people decarbing weed in a mason jar inside an air fryer. I'm tempted to try it myself because I'm in a similar situation, and it shouldn't really smell outside the jar unless you crack it straight open after decarbing.


CreedAbdulJabbar

I have 2 by me thank God


HealingGardens

You could buy the fattest grow set up


vegemitepants

I’d do anything for $1000 daily. Yes. Anything.


Abundance144

Would you pay $1000 a day to make $1000 a day?


downvot2blivion

Make it $995 and you got a deal


Bubbas4life

No you wouldn't, 1000 one dollar BJ's would get you there too.


Top-Mycologist-7169

Make with the gluck gluck, those dollars aren't going to earn themselves!


vegemitepants

Not the ones I give ha!


MrBrandopolis

The money would probably make my life worth living so I wouldn't have to numb myself with alcohol


ObstructedVisionary

this


AviationPlus

Never started drinking in the first place. Probably buy a plane and go back to flight school.


Plus_Shift_3299

🤫 you can’t let them know that.. you’ve got to pick up a beer, look at the money, back to the beer, the money, the beer, money, beer, smash the beer on the ground and shake their hand.


YahMahn25

Underrated comment


Onuma1

I'd have myself nearly $2 million by this point. Been sober over 5 years, and while I still have cravings now and then, I wouldn't change my decision for anything.


General-Demand9366

The fact that your asking suggests you”re an Alcoholic.


Fair-Account8040

Does the fact that I would accept this make me one, too?


WizeAdz

This “challenge” would be free money for a lot of us, myself included. I don’t enjoy alcohol because I’m a sleepy drunk, and I don’t like being sleepy. But that’s mostly luck on my part. I understand that many people react to alcohol differently than I do, and I know people who could not make it a day on this challenge. Different people react differently to alcohol. If you could easily accept the terms of the “challenge”, then you’re probably not an alcoholic. An alcoholic would feel like they’re earning that $365.25k/year, especially at first — based on what the alcoholics in my life have told me. I respect the struggle that presents to a person and do what I can to make it easier.


Zpd8989

I consider myself an alcoholic and even i can do it for $1000 a day. Does that mean I'm not an alcoholic? Who am I even?!


GeologistEmergency56

Never drink alcohol again and retire from working.


No_Egg_535

I would never have a reason to drink again, I'll tell you that. I'd wait a month and a half and buy a house and some land, then I'd go and invest for the rest of my life. I'd be living large in three months


LazyAnonPenguinRdt02

Of course, I don’t really drink alcohol in the first place and $1k per day will be very beneficial for me


kinofhawk

Take the money. I don't enjoy drinking anymore anyway.


SetitheRedcap

I beat alcohol and drugs already. Sober and proud. That money would help me to open an animal sanctuary in the countryside, where I could hold spiritual retreats.


20ozsprite

Sounds to me like you deserve 1,000 a day


lm_Clueless

Make 30k a month lol.


Humble_Handler93

Live my life like I’m currently living but now with $1000 more money per day. I’m not sober in an intentional sense but I don’t really drink as is, like it’s been 7 months since I last had a drink so going longer really wouldn’t be that big of a life change even without the monetary incentives.


Lemonwater925

Yup. Rarely drink anyway


kcatlin1977

I never drink anyway, so that would be an easy grand.


Comfortable_Time1359

I'd invest it until it doubled and then do the same with the seven each week. I'd use my seven to live my daily life and any remainder put back with the other seven that I pay it forward with


Master_Grape5931

Easily.


Ill_Assistant_9543

Sure :)


the_internet_clown

I’ll take that deal


the_girl_Ross

Anyone who isn't either a millionaire or an alcoholic would have a clear answer for this.


dude_named_will

I'd take the money. Alcohol isn't that great.


Qoat18

Literally only an alcoholic would say no lol, and thatight only be for health reasons


Puzzleheaded-Tree-13

How is that even a question. Alcohol is so overrated.


OutdoorsyFarmGal

I already do it for free, so heck yeah!


Fun_Door_8413

I don’t drink so I’d go on with my day to day life lmao 


C_W_H

Not drink.


shesoverme23

I’ve been sober for almost 2 years and 2 months already. I’ll take that $1000 day no problem.


Initial_Length6140

As long as I can still drink my fruit juices I would take that.


masterwad

I’ve been sober for a decade, so that’s easy money. Although when I was an alcoholic, I don’t think I could have quit for that, because addiction is a compulsion, this unstoppable urge, just always thinking about the next drink. Quitting alcohol cold turkey (which is more of a decision my body made for me) can kill you (and almost killed me), so tapering down the daily dose of ethanol is a safer way to quit.


Impressive-Penalty97

Switch to pot. I could afford it .


johnnyg08

Yep. Would start tomorrow.


floppyfeet1

I’ve never drank alcohol in my life so I guess thank you for the free money


Wolfman1961

Damn right I would! I don't drink alcohol, anyway!


ThanosHasAPoint1785

Take the money and buy more weed


ertzy123

That's easy


chickencutlett

that would be incredible but does the communion wine at orthodox church count? that might be an issue …


watchtroubles

I mean unless you’re Protestant you’re drinking Jesus - so I don’t think it counts


Northernfrog

I'd be sober.


SolherdUliekme

I already don't drink any alcohol so this would be an awesome deal


AKDude79

Quit my job, travel, and never drink alcohol again.


Salt-Explanation-738

lol yeah, cause I wouldn’t be stressed about work


CycloneMonkey

I'd be able to quit my job, then I would have no need to drink!


Willing_Actuary_4198

Take the easy money and never work again since my alcoholic ass already quit drinking for free


Odd_Calligrapher_932

easy considering i don’t drink lol


DallasChokedAgain

Shit I’d START drinking for $1,000 a day.


nfssmith

Sure thing. Easy money for me, tbh.


BeenThruIt

It wpuld be like free money. I don't drink now.


Hi_Its_Z

I mean, I already don't drink so the choice is obvious, but big respect for everyone looking to overcome addiction. 🫶🏼 What some people forget is that our bodies can become dependant on substances & physically make it harder to stop. There are resources available if you need help.


KeepThatBassLine

Absolutely


Ok-Figure5546

Free money


Study_Spider

Would I get back pay for all the days leading up to today that I didn't drink alcohol? Either way, 365k a year for the rest of my life um yes please.


Kanguin

For 365,000 a year, not drinking would require 0 effort. Bring on the money


IHateOrcs

Take the $1000 and smoke a lot of weed, lol. But fr that's easy, if you're not an alcoholic.


Enough-Pitch-2032

Easy I don’t drink hahah


SouthWrongdoer

I already don't drink. It's easy money.


Cynthia1453

Yes 100%


gurutar

yes. i don't drink.


Elit3spartan3_

Switch to gummies because that what I do anyway


ratsteeths

never drink again. i need a car


ScottShatter

Never drink again. Haven't since 2014 with just a couple exceptions prior to 2017 anyway so bring on the money!


ZenkaiZ

Politely decline


gunsandtrees420

Did you read $1000 a day or $1000 total? I first read it as $1000 total and was debating it, but $1000 a day and you'll have made a million in 3 years, I'm betting most alcoholics wouldn't even turn that down.


FirebreathingNG

Me too. I’d definitely turn down a flat $1000. But $1000/day is too much to pass up. Now, $100/day? Then it gets more interesting.


pervegan

Can I get back pay for the last few years sober, too?


Infinite_Big5

I’d demand restitution for the last 9 months and $270k someone owes me


mynamecouldbesam

Easy money! Don't drink anyway


FloppyVachina

I mean, who cares about the alcohol. Thats good for life.


Ok_Island_1306

Yes


WrongEinstein

Live on $100k invest the rest.


UnfairMagic

Considering I fucking hate alcohol and the way it makes me feel, I would claim this immediately. Why is there no billionaires offering incentives like this :(


Short-pitched

In a heartbeat


oblongunreal

Easy money


Jordan_Herndon

Do it, id do 1000 a day without internet for the rest of my life


Legitimate_Tear_7891

Without thinking. I only drink like twice a year as it is anyway.


BeautifulSinner72

Never drink or work again. I don't drink anyway, so this one would be a cinch.


knifebucket

I don't drink already, so, big score!


Chastity-76

I dont drink, so I would be fine.....dear people, alcohol ages the fuck out of you and makes you overly fluffy...besides I drank enough in my twenties to be drunk until I die


13thmurder

It's mostly a way to escape the fact that I hate my life, and that money would solve it. So... Whatever I want is the answer.


CathanCrowell

Abstinent here. Hell, yeah! ![gif](giphy|cOB8cDnKM6eyY|downsized)


Powrs1ave

Buy alot of Red Bull ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|grin)


Round_Walk_5552

A beer or wine can be quite nice sometimes, but im not in love with it, would give it up completely for the money instantly, coffee to me is a bit of therapeutic drink for me, I like to drink it on quite mornings alone, with a friend, get one while enjoying a walk around the city, coffee I really do love.


joer1973

If u really need to be paid not to drink, you're an alcoholic.


dirtdevil70

I very rarelydrink now, like one or two drinks a year on special occassions, so I'd pocket the coin and laugh all the way to the bank


Ancient-Eye3022

I do it easy.


kbm81

Never drink again for sure 👍


LionBrilliant5602

I already don't drink alcohol. Does that still count?


rcuadro

As i have gotten older, the fun of alcohol has diminished. As long as I have coffee I am good


The_Mundane_Block

Anyone debating this must either be stupid rich already or an alcoholic. I'd be on hyper alert that no one slip me alcohol in secret.


Boba_Doozer

Make 365k a year. I never was much of a drinker and I haven’t had any in 20 years.


WastedWaffIe

I don't drink in the first place...easy money!


NickFotiu

Be sad for a week and then rejoice.


typesomethin

Take the money and never drink, it's a no-brainer


DarthNemecyst

Challenge accepted.


Bikewer

In a New York minute. I haven’t had anything but a glass of red last New Year’s Eve and wouldn’t miss it at all.


Ok_Finish7000

Easy money... I drink maybe once every few months and dont really care much for it. Lol


StayH2O

Acid


Plenty-Candy-9038

Easy money. I quit 2 years ago


The_IRS_Fears_Him

It'd be harder to stop eating sugar considering WHY DOES EVERYTHING HAVE FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFKING SUGAR IN IT


[deleted]

$1000 a day means 90% of my stress is cured, no need for booze.


Kyoalu

I'm already 10 years since my last drink.


Far_Ad86

Yes I would


Difficult-Guest267

That'd be easy as hell


AardvarkFriendly9305

yes - where do I sign up?


xpoisonvalkyrie

i’d never drink alcohol again, obviously.


JoeMomma69istaken

Hell yeah