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Originally posted by phil_h
My father was an alcoholic, so I feel qualified to comment ...
they cannot resist, so Best never ever deserved a transplant.
In my opinion he stole someone else's chance for a better |
Nobody has the right to chose who gets allocated an organ, and certainly not based on lifestyle.
While it may be true that someone else may have not received the organ and died as a result, we may also have had an outcome where that organ went to waste as it could not be transferred in time, or Bestie died from complication, in surgery, or it was rejected by his body - all very likely possibilities.
Nobody decides to become an alcoholic, and with alcoholism all reason goes out of the window.
Alcoholism in George Best's life was only one small part of a vicious circle that kept him in self destruct mode, but the one thing that most people know him for.
A very sad tale, unfortunately.