Do You Plan Breaks From Alcohol?

[lonte]

In a recent thread (http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=13937&st=0#) a poster mentioned being in the middle of a one month sabbatical from beer. I too do this every February. Who else 'takes a break' from alcohol and for how long?

 

[Ol'Wobbly]

I go hammer and tongs from Sep to early Dec, until all my longnecks are full (close on 300). Then I have a break over the hot weather until early March. By then the stocks are getting a bit low ...

 

[lonte]

Allow me to qualify ... I mean who takes a break from _drinking_ alcohol?

 

[Tony]

A break........... never heard of it.

I probably should but i have to walk past my keg in the fridge when i get home from work...... and its all over.

cheers

 

[ScottKemp]

I always, and I mean always have between Cricket season and footy season off

Cheers

 

[DrewCarey82]

I should but its about the only recreation I have so not any time soon. Particularly with footy season comming up which I am brewing madly in preparation for

 

[warrenlw63]

Yes I have a break.

It's happened to my hydrometer twice and some spirit-filled glass thermometers. So I got a refractometer and dial therm instead.

Oh hang on... I could be OT here. :lol:

Warren -

 

[Ross]

Daily - Normally between Midnight & 11.00am

Cheers Ross

 

[wee stu]

I often plan breaks.

However, in the words of Rabbie Burns - the Scottish bard - "the best laid plans of mice and men............"

 

[Duff]

I normally have a break when I walk from my recliner to the tap to refill my pint glass.

Cheers.

 

[jdsaint]

likely 2-3 days off a week when I run out

 

[bugwan]

I don't believe in breaks. Drinking to me is like running a car - better to keep it going in a steady fashion than to start and stop all the time. It's healthier in the long run*

*may be false.

 

[bindi]

Daily - Normally between Midnight & 11.00am

Cheers Ross

11pm and 5pm for me, started at 2.30pm today RDO.

3 Biere de Garde typo edit.

 

[Mr Bond]

I do, But it never seems to make it past the planning stage :huh: :

 

[pb unleaded]

I have one alcohol free day a year. New Years Eve!

 

[FazerPete]

I try to have 1 day off a week. This usually corresponds to the day after a particularly big night though so I don't know if that counts because I've probably drank 3 days worth that night.

 

[Whistlingjack]

I'm planning a break.

Sometime next year, I might have a day without beer.

WJ

 

[PostModern]

In a recent thread (http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=13937&st=0#) a poster mentioned being in the middle of a one month sabbatical from beer. I too do this every February. Who else 'takes a break' from alcohol and for how long?

I'm the poster you mention? I have a long break about once a year, but it's not religious or anything. I just notice when I'm drinking "too much" and stop for a while until I can get back into drinking sensibly. I used to try to have 2 AFDs a week, but over the summer hols, I had no breaks, as in not a day for 2 months did I go without a drink. Getting back into a 2 or more AFD's per week is not easy and I figured I should give my liver time to recover fully from its punishment, clean up whatever it's been neglecting while working on ethanol, etc. I'll be back on the homebrew next Friday, then doing my best to drink on weekends only. I've shed a good couple kilos and it's really helped me quit smoking too!

Have no fear, stopping drinking for a while does nothing to reduce your alcohol tolerance. The liver is well trained and will remain so, for life I've heard.

My boss here at work is currently on the wagon FOR A YEAR!!!???!! Mad, but he's an all or nothing kinda guy.

 

[chimera]

Sometimes I have quiet nights where i may abstain after the first longneck... or was it the second... ah crap

 

[Tony]

I had 1 day off a couple of months back when me and the kids got a good dose of gastro.

Thats what it takes in my house.

cheers