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Why organ donation can create unexpected moral burdens

I donated my kidney to my brother five years ago and now he's back to drinking heavily and I feel angry that I gave him this gift and he's destroying it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The gift of life carries hidden strings that transform generosity into a source of ongoing judgment and resentment.

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