What changes did you make in order to become a JW?

JH

Did you have to make BIG efforts in order to become a JW? Were there many bad habits that you had to abandon in order to meet the criterias of the Watchtower?

We had to stop doing holidays. I hated them anyway, phoney celebrations that they are. Birthdays were hard to quit because they were fun. Another change was all the service I had to put in. We got in trouble for our "R" movies like Terminator. The bigest change was that we had no life as we had known it before. Everything was serious. The GESTAPO was always watching. Even at JW parties there were ones from the force to spy and ridicule. They even told you how to have fun!

shamus

I quit smoking; threw out all kinds of cool tapes, like the doors, led zeppellin, yada yada yada...

freeman

I lost the long hair, the beard, a lot of girlfriends and the nukie that goes with that, the 2 pack a day cigarette habit (the only good thing I lost), a hi paying defense related job, my playboy/penthouse collection, my pot plants, all the holidays and getting together with my family. I’ve got to stop now; this is starting to piss me off!

Freeman

DanTheMan

The usual - got my haircut, threw away a bunch of CD's, quit swearing.

Hamas

I was raised a JW but still managed to recieve scholership from the elders as to how to be a full blown JW.

In essence, I became less of a person and more of a robot.

blondie

Being raised in a semi-JW family, not a thing. I was one of those good ones. Baptism did not bring the peace of mind and heart I expected and within a year I was an irregular publisher (don't you love those labels?)

Blondie

mouthy

Quit smoking
Swearing
adultry
did obey my husband( submission)
didnt associate with "real "friends & family
eating blood pudding
balony ( unless it was wax)
Telling dirty jokes
became self rightous
pious
judgemental
Hey I was a real robot..........

BluesBrother

Like many other i was raised from about 5 years old, so i did not personally sacrifice things, just never started them . There were a couple of decisions that have later turned desasterous - perhaps I will describe them some day. With me it has been more , "Opportunities forgon"

Shamus

threw out all kinds of cool tapes, like the doors, led zeppellin, yada yada yada...

I bet you would have felt even worse at the time, if you had known that elders .like I was, were heavily into this wonderful music