I am on day 5 of Beer Fast.

[CthulhuDreaming]

It occurred to me that I've done this in my youth. We didn't call it a fast, though.

We called it a bender.

 

[Piratwolf]

It occurred to me that I've done this in my youth. We didn't call it a fast, though.

We called it a bender.

Hahahaaaa! I was thinking the same. I guess we had commitment, though. We called it college!

 

[Airborneguy]

Good luck! Keep it up for all of us.

 

[WestCoastHopper]

Talk about emotional roller-coaster. At first, I assumed you were on day 5 of beer FEST, and were too hammered to spell.

Then I thought: "wait, NOOOO!"

Then I read your OP, and realized "Yesssss!"

 

[Airplanedoc]

Hahahaaaa! I was thinking the same. I guess we had commitment, though. We called it college!

The best five or six years of your life

 

[jonmohno]

Actually by resting your organs by not eating it is giving them rejuvination,but pardoxily adding a toxin alchohol you are releasing that pretty quickly as you are injesting it. I would suggegest lemon juice and liver cleansing juices like beet kale apple celeery and other various vegetables.Although beer is not the way to fast ,this way is better than no way.Its not like you are getting wasted either. Lemon and water isa good way to fast a few days and cheap.People dont realize over eating is as bad as drinking heavily,like obese people. Not to mention the other garbage found in food like overprocessed and fast food.
Fasting is actually mind altering if anybody has every done it, your in a differnt mind frame by day 3. Its tough for me to give up coffe when i fast,and i can barley make it more than a few days without a beer these days.I know i feel pretty damn good after it though.

 

[Stauffbier]

Hang in there buddy! You're practically half way through it!

 

[GoodRatsBrew]

You're an inspiration... I think I'll try it starting on Sunday...

 

[GodsStepBrother]

Thanks guys!

To those you are willing to give this a try, I would love to hear from you if you do start. Get ready for a life changing experience.

 

[Stauffbier]

Thanks guys!

To those you are willing to give this a try, I would love to hear from you if you do start. Get ready for a life changing experience.

I think I'll just live vicariously through you my friend! haha

 

[CthulhuDreaming]

I'm inspired - though I have doubts I can get by on a mere 3 beers a day. I'll need that many just for breakfast.

My boss may have issues with it. He's young, he'll get over it.

 

[beersteiner2345]

Good on you for trying, but man (I am gonna get flamed for this) I am having trouble understanding the "why" of it all...

Good luck though anyways!

 

[prrriiide]

Reminds me of the oldie but goodie...

 

[usfmikeb]

Beer in general is becoming unappetizing.

For this reason alone, I will never try what you are doing. I never want beer to become unappetizing...

 

[GodsStepBrother]

Weighed myself this morning and lost another 2 pounds.

Good on you for trying, but man (I am gonna get flamed for this) I am having trouble understanding the "why" of it all...

Good luck though anyways!

We are all beer geeks on this site, we all think about beer constantly. We all challenge ourselves constantly when it comes to beer. Why not make beer the way of life and see how that works out. See how good it truly is? Not spiritual not anything other than how does it feel to only have beer, how does it feel to no longer eat. Curiosity mixed with a passion for beer, blindly wanted to see what i learn from this experience. I take it you wouldn't be the first to hop on a plane to a random city and just explore without any plans. When you travel do you ever find yourself randomly roaming a new city and doing whatever happens to cross your path. This is kind of the same.

For this reason alone, I will never try what you are doing. I never want beer to become unappetizing...

That reminds me of my mothers friend who will not read certain books because they might make her turn against her faith. I joke around with her and tell her well that is some weak faith if you are scared of challenging it. But to each their own.

 

[msa8967]

When I first read the title I was shocked... 5 days without BEER! Someone has got to help this guy before he dies.

Now I see what you mean, my hat is tipped to you sir.

I also misread the title of the thread and thought you were giving up drinking beer for 5 days and wanted to hear about that progress.

My wife started IVF shots this week and has had to give up drinking beer for at least the next month. I told her I would do the same thing and we are both on day 4 of this. This is harder than I thought it would be since I have 3 tapped kegs of homebrew in my keezer.

Hope you beer fast goes well.

 

[RandomBeerGuy]

I had to fast without beer for 3 weeks while getting ready to move. Lets just say the expierence was horrible. My job would not let me do this sadly. My question to the OP is, Your drinking store bought brews why not drink homebrew?

 

[GodsStepBrother]

Well its a mix of both, I got those Korbinians, then I have an all simcoe IPA on tap right now as well. Some vanilla porter in bottles. It is a mix of everything.

 

[matt_mcdermit]

This is pretty cool. Kudos to you, GodsStepBrother, and your friend for trying this. Sucks that the readers/comments of the news article in El Paso are so close minded. It's the 21st century, let people do their own thing, right? Good luck!

 

[RandomBeerGuy]

Well its a mix of both, I got those Korbinians, then I have an all simcoe IPA on tap right now as well. Some vanilla porter in bottles. It is a mix of everything.

Nice, At least your doing it right then cheers

 

[GodsStepBrother]

I woke up at 5am today and had my breakfast, drank a lot of water and am now at work. I will be skipping my lunch beer due to me being at work. It’s funny but I really don’t get hunger pains anymore, just craving that are a mental thing.

Here's to a long day at work

 

[beng]

How are your energy levels throughout the day?

 

[GodsStepBrother]

Energy levels are pretty much the same to be honest. Sometimes they dip down low, but not very much. My co worker sits right next to me and stuff her face all day, but I honestly enjoy the smells they help out when your gulping down water. Especially when I smell the food that has a strong aroma, it is almost like a hit of snuff.

 

[Airplanedoc]

How is the fast going?

 

[wildwest450]

When you travel do you ever find yourself randomly roaming a new city and doing whatever happens to cross your path. This is kind of the same.

Hmm, I never equated adventure with starvation.

 

[GodsStepBrother]

Not good, I got sick on day 8 and had to stop the fast. Horrible stuff, the worst of it all was the fact that I couldn't even taste my first meal after 7 days of nothing because i was sick.

http://www.primoscraftbeer.com/beer-fast-day-8

 

[GodsStepBrother]

Hmm, I never equated adventure with starvation.

Randomly exploring a city for a spontaneous encounter is why I decided to do the fast. Just to see what happens, what it feels like, it actually wasn't starving exactly. I had good energy the whole time, after the first 3 days the hunger pains stopped. It was very different, to bad I couldn't finish, but my friend is well on his way I am cheering him on!

 

[Airplanedoc]

So the real question is would you consider doing it again? Less the whole cold thing.

 

[GodsStepBrother]

I do not think so, it was really challenging. But I do not think I would risk something worse happening. I have no doubt that I got sick because of my body being in a weak state do to the diet.

 

[arg]

Just read the article in the ElPaso times...and the comments. I was unaware that we still have people with their heads so deep in the sand. "Within 3 days they'll be in the hospital." Same guy later admits he didn't bother reading the article, wasn't worth his time apparently. However he had the time to slander and hate. Gee. Things like this make me remember that the country is full of jerk-offs like that who would rather kill people they don't understand than talk about it. Whatever, as the gangsters say, "haters gonna hate."

Hah! I'm going to go home and have a beer.

Kudos to you for making it so long man. It's a shame to hear about the cold but you're still a trooper in my book!