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In 2009 I ran my first marathon, in Paris, and vowed never to run one again. However, the brain is an amazing organ and I soon forgot the hundreds of miles of lonely plodding, the painful knee, the embarrasing side effects and the humiliation of having to go upstairs backwards.
This year I am running the London Marathon for Action on Addiction. One in three people suffer from an addiction. It breaks up families, damages communities and destroys lives. In some way it touches us all.
Despite this, there is a great deal of misunderstanding about addiction - what it is, who it effects and how to get help and support. Sponsoring me will go towards Action on Addiction being able to carry out their groundbreaking research and treatment. Programmes such as M-PACT, which supports children with substance using parents, and Adventure, a research project which provides personality-based interventions for children susceptible to drink and drug problems would not happen without support. If you're still not sure, before sponsoring me, have a look at www.actiononaddiciton.org.uk.
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So please dig deep and donate now.
