zxcvbob wrote:
>
> Ranée at Arabian Knits wrote:
> > Anyone making anything interesting?

LOL no. Just leftovers from the weekend.
> >
> > We are preparing for the Lenten fast by feasting tonight on homemade
> > corn dogs (uncured, organic, blah, blah hot dogs), potato wedges,
> > roasted corn with lots of butter, two kinds of potato doughnut and pear
> > fritters. How about you?

>
> I'm giving up alcohol for Lent. It's not part of my religious
> tradition cuz I'm not Catholic or Lutheran, etc, it's just something
> I've recently started doing. So I'll probably have a nice glass of
> barley wine or an American double pale ale tonight after supper.
>
> The interesting thing is, after abstaining for a month-and-a-half how
> unpleasantly strong and heavy a drink like that is.

The vicar of the Anglican church I used to attend once gave up alcohol
for Lent, with that money going to charity. We were all a bit surprised
at how bad he looked for a week or so of going without.

Omelet wrote:
>
> In article >, Arri London >
> wrote:
>
> > zxcvbob wrote:
> > >
> > > Ranée at Arabian Knits wrote:
> > > > Anyone making anything interesting?
> >
> > LOL no. Just leftovers from the weekend.
> > > >
> > > > We are preparing for the Lenten fast by feasting tonight on homemade
> > > > corn dogs (uncured, organic, blah, blah hot dogs), potato wedges,
> > > > roasted corn with lots of butter, two kinds of potato doughnut and pear
> > > > fritters. How about you?
> >
> > >
> > > I'm giving up alcohol for Lent. It's not part of my religious
> > > tradition cuz I'm not Catholic or Lutheran, etc, it's just something
> > > I've recently started doing. So I'll probably have a nice glass of
> > > barley wine or an American double pale ale tonight after supper.
> > >
> > > The interesting thing is, after abstaining for a month-and-a-half how
> > > unpleasantly strong and heavy a drink like that is.
> >
> > The vicar of the Anglican church I used to attend once gave up alcohol
> > for Lent, with that money going to charity. We were all a bit surprised
> > at how bad he looked for a week or so of going without.
>
> When you quit cold turkey sometimes you get withdrawls and that can be
> unpleasant and even dangerous. Depends on how much you've been drinking
> and for how long...

Precisely. Thinking he was hitting the bottle more often than was good
for him.

Omelet wrote:
>
> In article >, Arri London >
> wrote:
>
> > > > The vicar of the Anglican church I used to attend once gave up alcohol
> > > > for Lent, with that money going to charity. We were all a bit surprised
> > > > at how bad he looked for a week or so of going without.
> > >
> > > When you quit cold turkey sometimes you get withdrawls and that can be
> > > unpleasant and even dangerous. Depends on how much you've been drinking
> > > and for how long...
> >
> > Precisely. Thinking he was hitting the bottle more often than was good
> > for him.
>
> I hope it made him realize it...
> --

Not certain. The next year, he gave up something else I think He then
became vicar of a wealthier church; perhaps less stressful.