What kind of card do you get a person in rehab for addiction? Obviously "Have a blast and party all day because it's your birthday" with a picture of lit candles in a beer mug isn't going to work. Or How about a something along the lines of "I heard you weren't feeling well...get better soon"? Yeah, not working. I opted for a blank card with a Seahorse (the only one that wasn't pink with sparkles) on the front and tried to come up with something apropos for this your 24th birthday.
When I showed up this morning to deliver it to you with some cigarettes, you had forgotten it was even your birthday. I thank God that you have made it this far because it gives me hope...hope that you will take this birthday and make it the 1st one in (according to you 8+ years be it alcohol or drugs) as the first of many sober birthdays to come.
One of your friends from high school is also in the same facility with three weeks clean, hopefully you will both work together and hold each other accountable.
Yesterday, one of your friends was heavy on my mind and in my heart. His words kept coming back to me over and over "Knowledge Speaks, but Wisdom Listens". I am hoping you take his memory and hold it up and remember how much he meant to both of you and how he would want you to listen....he left a very powerful message behind.
I love you baby....Happy Birthday. xoxo
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