Enter your addiction, what you used to spend per day, and how many days clean you are. Get your real savings number instantly.
1. What did you quit?
These defaults are national averages — your actual savings may be higher or lower. Always enter your personal spend for an accurate result.
A pack-a-day smoker at $10–15/pack spends $3,650–$5,475 per year. Two-pack-a-day smokers spend double. Most state averages are $8–13/pack; New York averages over $14.
Home drinking runs $10–20/day for moderate-heavy users. Bar drinkers often spend $25–50 on nights out. Heavy daily drinkers average $20–40/day across home and bar consumption combined.
Pod users: ~1 pod/day at $4–6 = $5–8/day. Disposable vape users: $8–15/day. Frequent vapers often exceed cigarette costs — especially with flavored disposables at $15–20 each lasting 1–2 days.
Legal state dispensary prices average $8–12/gram. A daily user consuming 1–2 grams spends $8–24/day. Concentrate users may spend more.
Illicit oxycodone runs $1/mg street price — a 30mg habit = $30/day. Heroin is cheaper by weight but tolerance escalates costs rapidly. Many people spend $50–200/day at peak use.
Problem gamblers lose an average of $3,000–$10,000/year (NCPG data) — roughly $8–27/day. Heavy gamblers with casino access often report losses of $100–500 per session.
At $12/day (national average), a pack-a-day smoker saves $4,380 per year. Two-pack-a-day: $8,760/year. Over 10 years, that's $43,800–$87,600 — plus avoided healthcare costs.
At $20/day, quitting saves $7,300/year. A bar drinker spending $40/day saves $14,600/year. Add avoided rideshares, late-night food, and reduced medical bills — actual savings are often 20–40% higher.
This gives you a real-time estimate based on your inputs. For automatic tracking from day one, the Forge app calculates your savings continuously and shows them on your dashboard — updating every hour.
Enter your honest average daily spend — what you actually lost or spent in an average day during your habit. The calculator works for any addiction where money was involved.
Forge calculates your money saved in real time — from the moment you start your streak. See it update live on your dashboard every day.
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