oh, and i suppose i could answer your question (sorry).
i've been privately reproved twice.
i quit pioneering the first time and they wanted to know why. well, there were many reasons why i didn't feel i met the qualifications (i.e. clubbing, boys, drinking, smoking, drugs)... but i only told them that i smoked. they asked if i'd stopped? i said yes, and that i felt horrible for doing it... hence private reproof.
and i drove home smoking.
2nd time, i was moving away and wanted to clear my "conscience" or anything that might follow me (let's not question the whys here).
so, i invited them to a JC meeting! told them i had started smoking again (but in reality had slept with a boy, and then the rest, drugs, clubbing, drinking, smoking). this confession resulted in 2 months of no commenting "priviledges".
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