beer as an elixir

It occured to me this past weekend that I had gone about one month drinking at least one beer a night. While I normally and still don't find this at all appalling, the issue has become one of my growing waistline. I do believe my beer consumption has expanded my belly a little less than Sadie did but still enough to notice. B and I have since not had a beer (well since bowling on Monday) and all I can say is my tummy hurts. Ok so the stomach ache is probably something else but come on.. the coincedence is too much to ignore.