The Mighty Quinn And Ark Global

By Author: Lucas Lowe
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Michael Quinn MBE is a highly successful and renown chef, who worked as the Maitre Chef de Cusine at the Ritz Hotel, London, at the peak of his career. Unfortunately, Michael then succumbed to alcoholism, which flared up as a result of mental troubles. After being read his last rites on a hospital bed, Michael pulled through and decided to give something back to the public, forming the Ark foundation, which aims to educate the hospitality industry on drug and alcohol abuse.

Ark Global provides counseling and seminars and is not your typical "Drugs and Alcohol are bad” event. Ark Global tires to promote how to drink in an acceptable manner and realize when the symptoms of abuse start to crop up. Ark's seminars are all self-funded and delivered free of charge. Michael realizes the effect that alcoholism can have on family ties and bonds, and Ark Global is a

''When I was drinking I always wanted to be a family man. Now, although I'm not a married man, I am able to enjoy my family. I feel emotions I never felt before because the alcohol was an anaesthetic. If I'd not made it, my sons would never have known ...
... who I was - other than a chef who couldn't stop drinking.''

Michael aims his seminars at students and the uninformed. These groups are most likely to succumb to alcoholism and drug abuse and will benefit most from the information and learn how to avoid drinking excessively. Michael used alcohol as a platform for confidence, saying that it was "As if I'd landed on another planet; that I'd found the missing piece of the jigsaw"

Michael has also taught the staff at University how to recognize the behavior of drug and alcohol abuse so that they can intervene before the problem gets too serious. These seminars are doing a great service to both our nation and other countries. Michael and Ark have travelled all over the world, all without any monetary support from external sources.

Michael knows all too well the perils of alcoholism as he lived on the streets of London for a while, oblivious to his surroundings and his Ark foundation is a fantastic way to lower the amount of alcoholism in the country and reaching out to local communities to help those affected by alcoholism.

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