Last year, I couldn't stick to my beer fast during Lent, since St. Patrick's Day fell on Friday and someone bought me six Kronnenbourg 1664s (long since my favorite ever since a waitress laughed at me when I ordered ''une demi-tasse de Cronenberg.''). This year, I tried for the complete 40 days without drinking and I made it through. I more or less lost my ''wine gut'' too.