HUXLEY1979:
Welcome to the forum. There is a lot of good advice and you can pick and choose what works for you.
Every ‘Fader’s’ circumstances are different. The difficulties for each person depend on how entangled in the Witness religion they are AND if they have family in the religion.
Somebody such as myself who had no family there, no business entanglements and who was a working woman on the fringes of the congregation - had an easier Fade than somebody with family there, etc.
The end result after so many years is that I am ‘shunned’ (no loss to me). This is the same result other Faders will get. The difference is that I had No confrontation or drama - which is how I wanted it.
One thing I will say: it is important for you to carefully make some contacts/friends outside the religion beforehand, through job or whatever.