wishing ya the best at that meeting. good luck
Heya Duncan,
Well, that is just amazing news!!! I hope everything goes well for you! Make sure you let us know the outcome sooner rather than later, I suspect a few Jars behind the bar in order if all goes well...(or a couple of real ales)...
I can say "Best of Luck" this time, so best of luck for that meeting... I know you will do well whichever way it goes, I am sure it will turn in your favour.
Have a great day!
JP
Evening diary
Well interviewed for two hours, Told them off the bat that I am a compulsive gambler in recovery for life,my life story,the colourfull one from the last couple of yrs, and when they picked there jaws up from the floor I talked about cooking,my primal love(aside from Sarah of course) I then had a tour, o*g!!! they have a satelite kitchen with circa 300k of the best equipment just to send functions!!!!!!!
So to cut to the chase they offered me a job!!! the head chefs job,answerable to the gm only!!!
So did I jump feet first,No I will go home(in library on route home)talk it through sleep on it, and on thursday I will go there for the day,meet the rest of the team sound things out, then I will make a decision.
before I would have gone gung ho,today I want it,I want to go back and play with the kit LOL, but no, measure the lot up,this folks if I go there will be a long term investment maybe the peice of the missing jigsaw!!!!!!!
Enjoyed today oh and no results back !!!
I can diagnose my heart pounds!!!!!
Duncs compulsive gambler NO BET today
Stepping forward never back.
Evening diary
P.s thanks for all the support,Gamcarers!!!!
Duncs compulsive gambler NO BET today
Stepping forward never back.
..are you sure we are not separated at birth???
Fantastico..words can not express what jumping up and down rapidly with a big grin can.WELL DONE YOU!!
I love your honesty Duncs..and maybe the ride to get here has been a bit rocky on the work front but thats cos the ol HP knew there was something much much better for you.
hugs and celebrations....
R and D xxx
Really pleased for you Dunc, life really does get better when we don't gamble, well done, keep stepping forward.
Amazing duncs and no one deserves it more than you.
Whatever decision you make it will be the right one for you and your family.
H.O.W..... Honesty, Open-mindedness, and Willingness , that programme the one that works if you follow it is ozziing out of every part of your life duncs. Recovery in its full glory there for all to see.
Brilliant. !
Blondie đŸ™‚
Afternoon diary.
Been enjoying the company of gamcare for the last forty minutes, Punctuated by my Eldest who's sat next to me in the library, enlightening me with some sigmund frued!!!
Picture a table without you there.
No bet,no time for it.
Duncs stepping forward never back.
(back to daydreaming about my day's play tomorrow lol!!)
Hey Duncs,
Been awaiting this post... What can I say when you have the choice to make a choice about the right choice? Choices abound, awesome man! Knew you would do ok. And it just shows you honesty pays its rewards in gold, If you hide something away, ity is most definitely picked up on, especially in job interviews and it most certainly stops you from expressing yourself naturally as its always on the forefront of your mind!
Me too, always express the truth, if my jab ended badly because of something, I will mention it (aslong as I have moved on from that point which I generally do)...
Well, congrats again Duncan and make sure you make the right choice as I'll be coming over for a meal!
Have a great evening!
JP
Hi Duncs
just popping by to say well done on your interview and whatever you decide I am sure it will be right for you.
You are doing amazing
Forwards not back
Jewels
sounds like a day well spent for you. good memories with nothing to regret, way to go.
Dunc,
No slips,even a Freudian one!!!
Take care mate,
gazza
Morning,
I think our good friend Shiny labelled us as the positive twins the other day! Mayb we should be a duet! In all Honesty it is always a pleasure to read your diary! I was told at the beginning of recovery it's important to enjoy it! I think you are proof of someone enjoying their recovery! You treat this as a new life, a second chance, and the positivity always shines through!
However, you know what I like the most about you, Control!! We have an addiction which got so out of hand it was uncontrollable so in recovery you would think control would be something we struggle with! You my friend have it nailed and reading your post about the interview I smiled so wide not just because you were offered the position but more with the fact it wasn't an instant yes! How controlled is that! Something that seems wonderful on the surface and prob will be but you took a step back and thought I need to scratch beneath that surface first!
Today I wish you a great day and I hope it is everything you want and more! Today tho most of all I applaud you wholeheartedly for being ahead of the game and in control!
Flagg
"No bet, no time"
Sounds good to me!
NT
Evening diary.
Today I have had one of the most forefilling days in my recovery, I have a new job to start 10 am wednesday and to top it got to see mum and ed in circumstances which for the first time felt like true family time, something I neglected for the chance of a number falling in or the 3rd horse of a ridiculously priced treble to ride home so I could chase more numbers falling in, all through an addiction that today I can see really knows no boundaries in its destructive path.
A time in my life I know I cannot recoup, and with certainty something that even with any win at any price I won't be taking chances on in this the here and now.
Today the humility my wonderful family, who shared the turmoil of my addiction show me knows no bounds and for this I feel so proud of them for standing by, they don't judge and I hope enjoy this with equal measure.
Today we talked of christmas, not of the material one, one of unity and together I know this years celebration will be one so filled with love and happiness that without the throws of my all consuming addiction won't carry any scars or regrets just smiles and laughter.
So in short without taking a chance my life and those around me benefit far more than any gambling prize a picture of unity finally given.
I know I so nearly tossed it all on the spin of a wheel, rest assured that the only wheel turning in my life will be the one I sit upon riding to work, to graft hard and continue living with a smile that comes deep from inside.
To my family thankyou, you blow me away with those big bold hearts that give more than a man could ever wish for.
Flagg, yes I have such a passion for what recovery can deliver, just believe.just for today better your tomorrow.
Duncs stepping forward never back
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