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When helping others makes you lie to yourself

I found myself lying to my friends about why I could not meet them for dinner because I did not want to admit that I gave my rent money to my gambling-addicted uncle again.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The shame of your own choices has become another secret you carry for someone else.

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