Abstain and maintain.Stepping forward never back.

DMac,

I am disgusted to read about the way you have been treated by your boss and it is disgraceful man-management that allows a valued member of staff leave under such ridiculous circumstances.

I believe, albeit without knowing you personally, that one day you will work for yourself. Whether it be a restaurant or catering business. You are clearly a talented chef who gets the best out of his fellow workers and is very passionate about his work and fellow staff. These are fabulous credentials to have and will serve you well. As always, I wish you well and hope you find something suitable quickly.

Tomso.

Evening diary.

Well I put my all into recovery and today shows me why .tomorrow at half ten I embark upon a new journey. heading up the kitchen in a one hundred bed hotel with already a great client base and room for me to seriously make my mark. Tonight I cooked a bbq for us and I wish I could post a picture!!! This is what recovery can bring just for today make that choice tomorrow will be better for sure

Duncs stepping forward never back. No bet today

Hi Duncan

Well done you...you should be so proud of yourself!

Keep strong

Forwards not back

Jewels

Wow...what a difference a few days make..

Congratulations Duncs..!!! fizz pop fizz pop....thats some champers being opened for you ....BBQ and Bolly!!......foodfusion.

Always leaping forward and never back....

R and D xx

Yo,

Well well well .

Tonight I will go to sleep a happy women.

You do nothing by halves, your recovery , your family , and now this .

You know we talk about ledges , and how to take our recovery to the next level

The last few days brings to my mind , with the Olympics on , you as a pole vaulter, they raised the bar and you flew right over it .

I hope your first day goes well tomorrow , you never fail to inspire me . Do not think in my whole life I have met someone with so much get up and go .

Most defo forward never back .......

Shinyxxxxxxxxx

Hey mate,

Well done, no though of taking some time out for, just jump straight back on the horse so to speak. Welcome back to the hotel trade!! Are you having to do splits here cos i know you yold me you hated doing these. Sounds like a great ooportunity for you anyhow and sounds like the manager was really taken by you so lets hope you do him proud.

Thanks for your continued support and i really feel today my own recovery is back on track. I'll get over and see you when i back from my hols.

Take care

Keith

school bag...check

ceramic kitchen knives...check

whites...check

courage,inspiration,self resepct and integrity....check check check check....in pan loads!!

Have a good first day of your new job Duncs....Well done.

R and D xxx

Dunc,

Congratulations on your new job.

Best wishes,

gazza

Hi Duncs,

Knock em dead in the new job duncs, they got the best when they gained you on the books.

Blondie

G'morning Duncs,

I'm from the States remember so, let's see if I do this right here: I doff my hat to you good sir, and raise up my flagon!! Sincerely though, amazing Duncs, simply amazing. Will stay tuned, and hope your first day went great. You are stepping forward, never back! -joanxx

Hi Duncan,

I am just catching up, seems like I missed alot on ur diary!

Well done on the new job, hope it's all going well 🙂

Take care 🙂

Good Morning Dunc

Hope the new venture in the hotel is going well and the bbq sounded really good!

Your so right in that all the different experiences and changes in our life happen when we decide to make that commitment to stop gambling, your diary shows all that can happen because of this and how we can rebuild our lives to where we want them to be as long as we don't go back!

Thanks for all your support Duncs, been really appreciated and helps loads!

Keep going strong Duncs, it's really happeneing for you!

Lucy

Yo,

Can only guess how busy you must be .

Hope it's going ok, wipping everyone into shape .

Creating a dynamic team.

Dreaming up new menus .

And who said being a chef was easy ....... Not me .

You take care , don't over do it !

Shiny xxxxxxxxxx

just a flyer Duncs.....

hope its all going good in your new job xxx

always forward never back....

have revised your line there in my new temporary abode.....always gas never electric!! blummin hate cooking on leccy...makes me feel Im caravanning in the 70"s.

R and D xxx

Afternoon diary.

Well what can I say folks thanks so much for all your kind words over the weekend I am stunned by the humility this forum brings and for me a great sense of belonging.

Well the new job was going brilliantly until the recruitment agency emailed across there statement of fees for putting me into the position. And subsiquently the opps manager decided although I was the person he was looking for the fees were too much!!!( despite the function catered for would have covered the costs alone and the fact that they are staged over four months as I progress through my employment!!) So he offered for me to give my services for free whilst they sorted the fees out!! Me thanks but no thanks, feeling like I jumped from the frying pan into the fryer!!! a deep one at that. So today I visited the agency and spent 3 hrs with the boss who was prepared to conceede 50% of the fees to secure me the job. My reaction was "find me a job were the owner/person in charge will actually honour there side of a contract!!!!" tomorrow I travel to two interviews in hampshire in search of once again "balance" in the mean time today i scored some consultancy work on a place that needs some tlc and costings implemented!! (currently running at 25% gp on some items madness!!) So money is coming in and I have given myself a target of being iin a new kitchen by the end of next week. You know in life when you think "this is too good to be true" well thats how I felt deep down on friday, a feeling that I dont feel comfortable with and aim to earn my respect from others in the work place, rather than potentially be fed it on a spoon,The difference ultimatley today is I want a job to enable me to use my skill sect and to boot enhance my life through the fullfilment of working hard to achieve the best I can, as before I wanted a job that paid top dollar for little or no effort so I could get at it in the bookies!!!

So another lesson learnt, slow down duncs take your time,calculate your decisions based on facts and contracts!!

Tomorrow marks 35 weeks gamble free somewhere I never thought I would get to, this week I aim to give back to recovery, get to GA a medicine I have missed for to long through the premise of work and here I owe the both so much, really I do, I leave you with this something I saw yesterday painted crudly upon the wall of our local community center.

"All men Die, just some die living"

Duncs stepping forward never back

Compulsive gambler NO BET Today.