Posts by JWdaughter

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Drugs....why?

by Tigger in

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im new here, so go easy with me!

just wanted to know if any one has any idea's or personal experience in regard to drug and alcohol abuse in former jw's.

all the one's i know have just lost the plot when it comes drugs and alcohol, especially drug use.

I never thought to turn to drugs before a recent experience as they held no appeal. My limited experience with prescription drugs left me muddy headed or delusional (literally). I don't like alcohols taste or effects. I recognized those things well into adulthood and far beyond the JW experience ( I didn't leave to experience the forbidden, but just because I recognized that I wanted no part of their arrogant claim to have the truth).

I recently had a experience that, with my broader knowledge of the way that drugs and alcohol messes with the consciousness, I can see it as being appealing when going through a serious struggle of any kind-and losing friends and family because of leaving a religion is definitely a miserable thing. I was as close to suicide as I could be (a JW played into it, but it wasn't really about the JWs) and wished that I was one of the people that enjoyed that kind of alteration of my consciousness. I'm just not one of them, but clearly a LOT of people like the feeling of being buzzed, high or drunk.

I think it is an escape from current reality and I would have welcomed it a few times if I wasn't more miserable using those things than otherwise and I know that my family is rather prone to addiction, so I am extra wary of all of it.

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Hello all just moved to Lakewood NY

by Still Totally ADD in

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it has been along time since i have posted something.

my wife and i have just moved to ny just west of jamestown.

our log house in pa was so far from everything it was costing us to much time and money.

JWdaughter

I'm glad to hear good news. a bit jealous, but the good kind that is happy for you! Enjoy the old house and the new neighborhood. Put your exJW ammo in order for when the JWs arrive at your door.

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How do I handle this situation?

by BarelyThere in

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hey everyone.

i'm sorry that this isn't a very thought provoking post but i could really use some advice on how to handle this.

there isn't anyone else in my life i can ask right now because, being dfed, all of my friends are "worldly" and don't know how witnesses function.

JWdaughter

Im sorry about all this. I don't think revealing the letters will help. I think it might help inform your next step though.

If you trust any elders, ask their advice about your chances of ever being welcome in the congregations and any suggestions on how you can not only be reinstated, but part of the congregation. You don't really want to be, but it may help you make your next move.

All the best. Later you can TP the MSs house.

14

Whatever happened to the Lopez case?

by StarTrekAngel in

was it settled?

is it still pending further appeal?

JWdaughter

I think this means, as one explained, that the appeal hearing is not being given a continuance as the WT seeks. The appeal WILL be heard in February. The WT is not prepared to stand up for its defiance of the court. I think they are trying to wear down the plaintiff. Having recently experienced the same in a domestic issue, I hope that the WT again fails to show up, though I'm sure the hearing would be interesting to see if they actually show up this time. My ex didn't wear me down. He didn't pay his lawyer, thought he could wear me down by begging judge for more time. He didn't, then didn't show as he had no case and knew he'd be humiliated and possibly jailed for perjury.

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Witnesses killed my friend today.

by WasOnceBlind in

today has been a horrible day.

what began as a day of joy finding out that one of my lifelong friends had her baby, turned into a nightmare when her brother called me to let me know she had passed away after birth.

i was in shock and didn't ask how.

JWdaughter

I'm so sorry for all who loved her. What a tragedy. My heart is with you.

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Article-Tennessean Newspaper (Nashville): "Bill ends shield for parents choosing prayer over medicine"

by AndersonsInfo in

http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/industries/health-care/2016/01/19/bill-removes-protections-parents-choosing-prayer-over-medicine/79001194/?from=global&sessionkey=&autologin=.

holly fletcher, [email protected] 5:26 p.m. cst january 19, 2016 .

a bill filed tuesday would remove a legal shield in tennessee for parents who reject medical treatment for children in favor of treatment by prayer.. it is a crime in tennessee to fail to provide medical care to children, with an exception, known as the spiritual treatment exemption act, for parents who want to rely on "spiritual means through prayer alone," according to state code.

JWdaughter

JWs aren't really into healing by prayer, if you think about it. However, so long as the bill keeps JW parents from denying prescribed medical treatment, great. My issue would be parents who go on the run to defy laws or courts. It's happened before. Yes, with JWs.

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The WT in 10 years time

by Coded Logic in

a. in 2026 in what state do you think the organization will be?.

) 9million + members.

) roughly the same amount of members as today (7-9 million)..

JWdaughter

A. In 2026 in what state do you think the Organization will be?
4.) Roughly half the number of members as today
which will happen because it will be
5.) Split or dissolved.
B. In 2026 do you think amount of literature printed in other languages (not English) will be:
3.) Less than today
C. In 2026 do you think the amount of literature printed in English will be:
3.) Less than today
D. In 2026 do you think the number of countries that have Bethel facilities will be:
4.) Only in one country (maybe one in each continent)

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The real reason Chelmsford hasn't been stopped

by Saltheart Foamfollower in

i haven't seen this mentioned yet.

last year in the uk, shortly after the money grab that everyone had, we had a video and letter (both probably still available from atlantis) appealing for money for the new bethel and slips were handed out etc.

this means that most uk congregations are sending a regular donation specifically for the chelmsford build.

JWdaughter

It's an old auto wrecking yard. There is some contamination/remediation work happening, without a doubt.

I am pretty cynical about the borg, but I think there is a cash flow problem that will be temporarily ameliorated once they get everyone out of Brooklyn and collect the cash for the properties.

Then they will keep on spending it and not much will be replacing it. I can live with that scenario.

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The name of the street in warwick

by brandnew in

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friends

did they name the road at warwick?

kings dr??.

im so sure......them gb members got some big heads!!

JWdaughter

Naked Emperors Lane(to honor the GB)

Streetwalkers Avenue(to honor publishers)

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Living Through the Brief Liberalization of Jehovah's Witnesses, Never Recovering

by TMS in

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with the book crisis of conscience detailing the turbulence at bethel during the early to mid 70's, the transformation from autocratic rule to governance by committee or a body of men, many of us can speak to how that felt among the rank and file of the local congregations during those years.

we learned new concepts based in large part to research done for the aid to bible understanding volume, then we were asked or coerced into unlearning those principles, going back to the old ways.

some of us never readjusted, finding ourselves very different from our more hardline compadres.. the inertia for the changes that eventually were initiated in the congregations came from the discovery that the greek words episkopos and presbyteros were used biblically to refer to all qualified men in a congregation, not just one.

JWdaughter

It is funny, now they would say I DA'd myself, but back then, (maybe they were confused) I was disassociated from the congrgation, I didn't DA myself. And frankly, I wasn't trying to cut off my life and piss off my mom, I just didn't want to be a JW or ID myself as one. I still liked them (though the shunning soon took the bloom off of that partiicular rose!)