From here advice:

It will seem wild to you, but try not to put alcohol and cigarettes in the priority spending, but the same food and other household supplies. I understand that this idea is very exotic for you, but it works. is verified.

I don’t like to comment on it, but I’m sorry, it’s overly live.
I am 85 years old. I went to school in 1992, and I remember everything very well. My parents never drank or smoked. Worked in urban factories. They have not received salary for years. The pennies that were sometimes given were spent on food and then lacked (happiness was if a bag of sugar was purchased for the preparation of strawberries and compotes). They survived only because they grew up in my grandmother’s garden. I gave my clothes to my older cousins, and then I gave them to the younger ones. If you buy something, it is for growth. And then for three or four years I wore this dress. By the way, regarding the money, there were shops from factories where you could buy on the account of ZP. There was nothing to eat there. There was a factory product that the ordinary citizen did not need at all. And the prices were twice as high. I consider my parents heroes for being able to raise us and my sister at this time. Now I myself and my child have no need of anything.
Go with your advice!