Clean & sober since July 4th, 2010...didn't want to get a boat while drinking because it would endanger my family if fast decisions had to be made while anchored & drunk.
Waited about three years after quitting booze before buying Badger, just to be sure.
Money I used to spend on cigarettes & booze pretty much equals fixed costs of the boat. Quite the step up in quality of life on same monies spent