Hi Amazing,
You stated:
"and maybe engage in extraordinary acts, because they appear very frustrated and held to rigid and abnormal standards. Sometimes, drinking, masturbating, smoking, swearing are their only outlets short of committing more serious anti-social acts."
This is so true. In my case, after my wife died, I found NO comfort from Elders, only BORG cliches which I had told myself more times than I could possibly count. I resorted to smoking, as well as bad association, among other things. Given my prior history, which was acceptable, one would think a JC would take steps to reclaim a person in such distress. An appeal committee sided with me, but as you know, the original JC has the option of disagreeing , and both then write a letter to the WTS.
The WTS sided with the original JC, and so I was DF'd.
Ironically, the other person involved was pretty much left alone as far as Judicial action was concerned. I attempted to return to the Org,(meeting attendance), but eventually became disillusioned. My "bad associate"? NEVER seen again at meetings.
Boozy,
who sees this as one of those "THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO HMMMMMMMMMM"