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Marvin's page No smoking! No love making! One meal after 6pm(only eat fruits if I have to during the day)!! For 40 days and 40 nights!!

Marvin Porter is raising money for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity
“40 days and 40 nights”

on 2 May 2012

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We are Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity. We stop at nothing to help give seriously ill children childhoods that are fuller, funner and longer. Because we believe no childhood should be lost to illness.

Story

<p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: arial; background-color: #ffffff;">I am currently on a life changing journey which involves me putting myself through the biggest challenge of my life.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: arial; background-color: #ffffff;">I am 31 years of age and have lived in south east London for most of my life having come to this country from Sierra Leone at the age of 8.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: arial; background-color: #ffffff;">At this stage in my life I have decided to become the master of each urge that has control over me.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: arial; background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: arial; background-color: #ffffff;">The Aim of this documentary is to show or share my journey as I try to free myself of the bondage of vices and other physical elements which have had control over my life for some time.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: arial; background-color: #ffffff;">I will be doing this without any external aid. I believe that I can achieve this with will power alone!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: arial; background-color: #ffffff;">I am trying to show others that the power of the mind is stronger than we know!</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: arial; background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: arial; background-color: #ffffff;">1. SMOKING.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: arial; background-color: #ffffff;">I have smoked &nbsp;from the age of 17 and know that it has had a strong hold over me. I could not go a day without smoking.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: arial; background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: arial; background-color: #ffffff;">2. FOOD</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: arial; background-color: #ffffff;">As my name may suggest, ("Starving' Marvin!"), I love food! I have always said that my hunger is different. There have been many occasions where I have spoilt other people's birthday parties due to my hunger! I l would eat whenever I felt the urge no matter the time or what I was doing.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: arial; background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: arial; background-color: #ffffff;">3.MAKING LOVE</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: arial; background-color: #ffffff;">I don't think I need to say much about this!&nbsp;</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: arial; background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: arial; background-color: #ffffff;"> <div class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</div> <div class="MsoNormal">I feel extremely passionate about this and would love to hear from you. I feel that this documentary could make a difference in<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;many</span>&nbsp;people's lives.&nbsp;</div> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Thank you for your time!!</p>

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