Are You Able to Create a Birthday You Actually Enjoy?

39 Years Old, 5.5 years sober, 1.5 years Actually Autistic, and I finally nailed it.

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Enjoying a birthday sounds simple, but historically I’ve found it hard. There have been years where I’ve worried about ageing, years where I haven’t wanted to ‘make a fuss’, years where I’ve been flat out depressed (without realising). There have been years I organised things that weren’t to my own tastes. Years I got too drunk. Years…