I was never actually baptised, but was raised JW since about 1st grade. We stopped going some time around jr high school, but still followed what we were raised believing.
I actually started studying a few years ago,as an adult. I quit because I didn't "gel" with my teacher. I was dissatisfied with some of the answers I was given. One in paticular that made me want to research more, I had asked my teacher why was it that my mom couldn't give me answers when I asked her about god/the org. She actually told me god TOOK it back, meaning he took the knowledge back from her. Everything that she had learned, zapped away just like that because she had stopped going.
But anyways, I thought that was the silliest thing,and decided to start researching before I got in any deeper/baptised. Boy my mind opened when I learned all the hiccups throughout their history. So for me it was doctrine, plan and simple. Though I was never baptised, I lived most my life as a JW,and now I'm finally free
Love this site by the way, very informative!!