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ChazInAz

(2,869 posts)
Sat Mar 15, 2025, 09:51 AM Mar 15

It's The Ides of March

And I'm celebrating!
Appropriately enough for a Shakespearean actor, I'm jubilating the day because forty-four years ago I quit booze and assorted other drugs and joined AA. It's my alternate birthday, my bellybutton says I'm seventy five.

Of course, there's also the off-chance that I might get close enough to a certain would-be king...

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It's The Ides of March (Original Post) ChazInAz Mar 15 OP
Yeah, I caught the implication there. Walleye Mar 15 #1
We celebrate the Ides of March because it's my brother's birthday Siwsan Mar 15 #2

Walleye

(39,201 posts)
1. Yeah, I caught the implication there.
Sat Mar 15, 2025, 09:52 AM
Mar 15

I’m 76 and I quit drinking on my 45th birthday in February 1994. Best decision I ever made. Congratulations on your years
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