Just finished a forced sabbatical (almost 3 months), not because I really forced myself into this but more because I moved to a different city and found I could not find much of anything.
Definitely not the best time to be abstaining though. The stress of moving almost 2000kms away, plus stress with my job and my partner being forced to quit his job was a bit too much. Not to mention the various family emergencies I had over Christmas and New Years.
Part of the reason I moved away was to slow down on the weekends, but now I realise that we do not want to stop completely just yet.
So yes I don't recommend doing it if you have too much stress going on in your life, you'll only be forced to drink 3 bottles of champagne in an hour and reminisce over the old times. I won't be doing it every weekend again though and maybe in a few months I'll try it again. It definitely did not feel as good as when I'd done it in previous times.
Definitely not the best time to be abstaining though. The stress of moving almost 2000kms away, plus stress with my job and my partner being forced to quit his job was a bit too much. Not to mention the various family emergencies I had over Christmas and New Years.

So yes I don't recommend doing it if you have too much stress going on in your life, you'll only be forced to drink 3 bottles of champagne in an hour and reminisce over the old times. I won't be doing it every weekend again though and maybe in a few months I'll try it again. It definitely did not feel as good as when I'd done it in previous times.