Change in taste buds?

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I've had the unusual experience today of thinking about beer and feeling nothing - no pangs, no "Ooh I could with a pint", nothing. It's like my taste buds are changing, so I'm sipping a ginger and lemon infusion ... and that IS unusual because I'm working away, and I like to go to the bar for a pint in the evening.

Good grief, what's happening to me? Ginger and lemon infusion as opposed to a cool pint of San Miguel?!

Oh hell, I'll be subscribing to The Daily Mail next and tutting concernedly - furrowed brow - at every angst-ridden article ...

All the tea in China ...

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Good GOD ... what have I been missing? Isn't tea amazing? I've had blackcurrant tea, 'cleansing' nettle and sweet fennel tea (no joke, I really did), nettle and peppermint, loose leaf green tea (hmm, not so sure on that one), and good old builder's tea ...

I've also got my eye on some Twinings ginger infusion ("Maaaatron!" to coin some Carry On vernacular).

Am I clutching for alternatives as I go into what is clearly - and please excuse the deliberate, post-festive pun - cold turkey for my beloved beer?

I can get through this, I know I can. It'll get easier.