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Old 03-21-2016, 10:30 AM
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Happy Birthday...in a totally different way

Over the last decade I have "taken a break" from drinking almost every January 1. Most years I do pretty well...three months, once ten months...and then either life hit me upside the head with something terrible (I've lost three beloved dogs in the past two years, two of them quite suddenly to cancer) or I made it to my birthday and AV thought I deserved some champagne.

Well, today is my birthday. There's an bottle of champagne in the pantry someone gave us. We are under a bunch of stress, looking to sell our dream house we built much of ourselves in a slow market and move across the country. I've had bronchitis for ten days and it's freaking snowing.

But there is no way that champagne is going down my throat.

And that makes it a happy birthday.
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Old 03-21-2016, 10:34 AM
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Happy birthday!
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Old 03-21-2016, 10:39 AM
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Yay, for you, from another Aries person.
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Old 03-21-2016, 10:40 AM
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Happy birthday and please stay sober.
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Old 03-21-2016, 10:47 AM
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Happy birthday! That is a great thing. The best gift you could give yourself. Have a wonderful day!
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Happy birthday! Keep that champagne untouched.
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Old 03-21-2016, 11:39 AM
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Happy birthday! Give yourself a gift and pour that nasty champagne down the drain right now. Or throw it in the dirtiest garbage pail you can find if you don't want to open it and smell it. You don't need it haunting you.
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Old 03-21-2016, 12:26 PM
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Way to go and Happy Birthday Aries!
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Old 03-21-2016, 12:38 PM
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Happy birthday dear friend! Congratulations on giving yourself the best gift of all- a sober night of enjoyment and no hangover tomorrow!
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