Alcohol is my drug of choice, but since I commenced making kombucha I no longer crave it. It seems kombucha is a realistic replacement for soda. I am 46 now and when I turned 17 I felt that I drank more than was good for me. To counteract this I put the price of a carton of beer in the bank every week, and my it stacks up. I have been able to pay cash for houses and cars all my life. Another strategy was to only drink expensive drinks to limit my consumption, unfortunately I have been successful in business so I have been able to afford very expensive drinks. Last week I paid $30 dollars a litre for a carton of craft beer. My frugality has meant I was able to retire at 40 while managing to get my three daughters through university. Potentially I could have been another victim of Bacchus but in trying to avoid that, life has turned out well...