Abstain and maintain.Stepping forward never back.

Keep smiling, keep writing. You're having a good effect here. Thanks mate.

Sir,

Always a pleasure to read your diary. Thanks for your post. It really is wonderful to read day in day out someone who is giving recovery their all and reaping the never ending benefits that being bet free brings. An inspiration to me and many others.

Thanks as always!

Flagg

Hi Duncs,

Great last post from you, time , time , time emmm , yes i like that your thought process was still about staying bet free and what you need to do for this to continue, posting on here!

You are giving it your all and it helps so many of us i'm sure!

Hope you have a great weekend and that the family are good too!

Keep Strong

Lucy

Afternoon diary.

Well the rain still falls here!!!!

Today I had a day of sorting out the garage, the garden,walked the hound for miles and miles then back home cuppa, and was going to sit,chill and have an afternoon of gamcaring, then looked at the ironing pile (skyscraper) and spent the afternoon doing the lot. Hovis in protest put himself to bed and slept for two hrs LOL!! The last laugh will be mine I have fashioned a lovely crease in the boys jeans!!!!!

Just met my beloved(she is signing up the herd to a new nhs dentist SATAN lol so I snuck off to the library) and going to cook the friday fry-up to prep us for a weekend,bills paid, and a lot of r&r before mondays start.

I have to congratulate all the folk who went back at it and have shown a huge amount of courage and determination to return and get back n the gamble free bus!!!!

Be PROUD all of you,you are doing something amazing,truly amazing.

NO thoughts of gambling,no time for it, the stakes are still no were near worth taking!!

I used to spend friday kidding myself that I could pick all saturdays scores, now I enjoy saturdays scores for the sport,nothing else.

hope you all have a fantastic weekend.

Duncs stepping forward never back.

Compulsive gambler NO BET today.

hey Duncs

Yep ...not so dry on the home front here either...

You iron????????????????!!!

Do you have an eligible brother?????????????????????

Dentists....tsk'..sadists in white coats...lol

enjoy your weekend Duncs........motoring forwards never back xxx

R and D xxx

ps..have plans for a visual dotty very soon...mwhahaahahah x

Hi Duncan,

Thanks 4 ur support 2nite, I read the poem ur son wrote that u posted on Rach's diary. He is very talented. U must be soooo proud of him 🙂

Take care 🙂

morning diary.

well the sun is out !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

today started out with yet another letter from student finance,my now nemisis!! they asked for the third time for more information !! the only thing they now dont have is my Bra size!!!!

Ontop of that our 13 yr old now has an answer for everything and this morning made my blood boil!!

Still I know from experience that I myself used to have the answer to all things LOL

He has gone off to football,myself,Sarah and our lily are sat in our office The library LOL lily filling out jobs online, Sarah freegling and me I am in my sanctuary Gamcare.

This afternoon we will walk the dog over the h*ill (gotcha gamcare) till he dont want to walk any more then tonight I look forward to the X LOL.

no doubt the same tomorrow!!!!

I shall watch and enjoy and promise scouts honour not to commentate!!!

Enjoy your weekend good people

Duncs stepping forward never back

NO BET today.

hey duncs

heard a fab phone in on radio 4 last week about student finance with the expert panel..may be worth a listen on podcast but im guessing you could run the finance dept with the hoops youve jumped through?

Suns out here and totally autumn...which is my fave time of year...

Did chuckle about your mini mountain being starred out...I once made a reference using initials of a certain "whitney "singer in tribute upon her death and could not for the life of me understand why GC starred it out ..then I got it!! lol

enjoy X factor lol...!!! see it as therepy and improving your skill of "patience"...lol..I shall be in the same boat as going off to a pals and she is hooked on it...

coathanger in the mouth time!! : ))))) my jaws are aching already....lol

R and D xx

G'morning Duncs,

well, it's morning here.. lol. Raw, and grey. Sooo jealous of your sunshine. Enjoy Mr. Duncanmac -- you deserve every moment of your beautiful fall day!!!! -joan

Have a great weekend duncs. Enjoyy the walk and you never know you might actually like x factor once youve been brainwashed enough lol.

blondie

Hi Duncs!

Really appriciate your post on my diary!

Dunks you sound like me when i first started on here.Your first post that is.Love your comment about your wife"my wife has been a rock as always".I've said that a few times over the years on here.

Great to see your going strong and you know yourself that there is more to life than the wasted old days!

Wishing you my best and stay strong my friend,we can beat this!

Viggo.

hey Duncs

only just seen Joes poem !!!!

i think posts must have crossed over and i missed it before logging off this morning...

Wow!!

Hay on Wye literary appreciation gives Joe a resounding 10/10!!

Fantastic and what a talent...You have a star in the making ...

Whose side of family is the creative gene...??? Im guessing its a winning combo of you and Sarah : )

Simon Armitage move over.

R and D xxx

Hi Duncanmac

Thanks for the post it meant a lot esp comin through ur goodself , when relapsing u feel as though u av let ur fellow gamcare friends down as all the support and advice goes out of the window , I av so much admiration for u the way u deal with ur recovery everything u take in ur stride with so much positivity , so pleased for u and it gives me encouragement to do the same

Thanks again

Castle2

Hi Duncs and family,

I would also like to echo what the honerable mr. Castle has said........You give us all the strength sir!

Did think of you t'other day....they were talking bout restaraunts being given mitchelin stars.......

I could just imagine yours being there!

Havn't quite caught up with why you have a new job...will have to delve further into the mac family vault!

Thank you for being there Duncs!

Sue xxx

Take those needles from your eyes and arise Sir Duncs...its over ..but only for a few hours...then the repeats ....lol

I got out of it big style as we were on another channel and my pal was chatting and didnt notice...mwhahah hahahaha.

You must let us know when Joes blog is up and running as it would be great to read more....I think its great you are behind him all the way...."top banana" parents!!

have a good day Duncs...am out with wig wag later for a big walk come rain or shine.

R and D xxx