Originally posted by Sardukhar:

Even if I did drink, that's, what, like 10 shots or pints you have to go without to afford one of these games? You can just buy from the grocer/liquor store for a few weeks and voila, you're ahead of the game.

Idk where you live, man, but here you don't get 2 pints of beer for under a tenner unless it's at a micro-pub (aka, last dying remnant of ye olde pub) and not much change from a pony - not enough to get a beer often - for a glass of wine.

Most spirits are undrinkable, except tequilla sunk in squeezed limes.

Average evening being 2-4 pints, plus 2 in the round, plus a glass of something nice to steady the way on to the takeout - a working week is enough.