This is the Real Way You're Flushing Your Retirement Savings Down the Drain by Alix Langone Suze Orman stoked the debate about wasteful spending a few weeks ago when she said that “you’re peeing $1 million down the drain” if you buy coffee rather than make it yourself at home. Money experts have chided Americans about their coffee and avocado toast consumption for years, but there’s another candidate vying for the biggest waste of money: dietary supplements.