Originally Posted by
HitRockBottom70 
I am not into counting days either, but the day I quit is very important to me. It was May 12, 2012. I want to remember this day like my birthday. I want to celebrate the day I took my life back. How can the beast find any pleasure in that?
AVRT is the art of separation, and there are always two ways of looking at things, alternatively through your own eyes, and through your Beast's eyes. To you, the "sober birthday" celebration can mean, as you say, simply the day you took your life back. To your Beast, however, the "birthday" celebration means something entirely different.
Some people get very nervous when their "birthday" rolls around, and some even drink soon after. Here's why. The Beast sees through their eyes, and IT notices that what is being celebrated is also the last time IT had a fix. A party for the last Beast party! What an honor for the Beast!
How could any self-respecting Beast resist making an appearance?