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  10 years ago I woke up and found this site

  by cantleave in

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  2. friends

  this was my first post on here...... https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/177753/hi-hope-am-welcome .

  there have been a lot of changes since then .. i am healthier, happier, wealthier.

  i have put the jw's well and truly behind me.

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  cantleave

  Biahi, 35 years out is awesome. My only regret is not waking up sooner.
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  18

  10 years ago I woke up and found this site

  by cantleave in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this was my first post on here...... https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/177753/hi-hope-am-welcome .

  there have been a lot of changes since then .. i am healthier, happier, wealthier.

  i have put the jw's well and truly behind me.

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  cantleave

  Dagney, I am in L.A in October, let's do Potholers brekky!!
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  18

  10 years ago I woke up and found this site

  by cantleave in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this was my first post on here...... https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/177753/hi-hope-am-welcome .

  there have been a lot of changes since then .. i am healthier, happier, wealthier.

  i have put the jw's well and truly behind me.

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  cantleave

  Hey Eden,

  When you joined I was in my "evangelical atheism" phase (some would say I still am). I am so pleased it all worked out well for you in the end too.
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  18

  10 years ago I woke up and found this site

  by cantleave in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this was my first post on here...... https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/177753/hi-hope-am-welcome .

  there have been a lot of changes since then .. i am healthier, happier, wealthier.

  i have put the jw's well and truly behind me.

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  cantleave

  Stan, I know the time has flown past so quickly, it's bloody frightening!
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  18

  10 years ago I woke up and found this site

  by cantleave in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this was my first post on here...... https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/177753/hi-hope-am-welcome .

  there have been a lot of changes since then .. i am healthier, happier, wealthier.

  i have put the jw's well and truly behind me.

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  cantleave

  Fade to Black, I am back there in June for a seminar.
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  Moving to Minnesota

  by HappyDad in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  you probably think i need mental counseling but i am moving from southwest florida to minnesota.

  i was just there last week in the -29 degree weather to close on a house i bought in oakdale, minnesota.

  being a florida resident for 5 years has taught me that it is no longer the paradise that people think it is.

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  cantleave

  Blondie, I think a mid-west meet-up is a great idea, let's arrange one in May when I am over there :0)
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  18

  10 years ago I woke up and found this site

  by cantleave in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this was my first post on here...... https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/177753/hi-hope-am-welcome .

  there have been a lot of changes since then .. i am healthier, happier, wealthier.

  i have put the jw's well and truly behind me.

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  cantleave

  This was my first post on here.....

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/177753/hi-hope-am-welcome
  

  There have been a lot of changes since then .. I am healthier, happier, wealthier. I have put the JW's well and truly behind me. I no longer care about any of their opinions, their teachings or their existence. My amazing wife and I escaped and that allowed our kids to grow up without fear of an impending Armageddon. They are young adults and have their lives ahead of them. They can be whoever they want to be, take whatever path they want to, express themselves without us worrying if they are offending someone with pseudo-authority in a group of cult indoctrinated lemmings.

  My biggest fear 10 years ago was the possibility of being DF'd ... in actuality, it was the best thing that ever happened. Yes we have lost some family and "friends", but who needs toxic people in their lives? We don't, we have rebuilt our lives, made new friends and become our authentic selves.

  
  
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  A big shout out to the NHS

  by moley in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  last week i suffered two heart attacks, first one occurred while i was at home, phoned for an ambulance which promptly arrived and whisked me off too hospital, docs decided i needed a stent and during the angioplasty i had a massive heart attack according to the doc that did it.

  i was unaware as i was out.

  but what i want to say is what an amazing organisation the nhs is.

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  cantleave

  Glad you are OK. I am so lucky I live in the UK and not the US just because of our wonderful "socialised" NHS.
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  Material such as the film at the end of this years convention confirms that I was right to take my kids out the religion

  by jambon1 in

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  it’s quite affirming to see the horrific material that they’re serving up at the convention this year.

  aside from blatant homophobia, the scenes at the end of the convention that are discussed on another thread stoop to new levels of fear mongering.

  it seems to occur to nobody inside the organisation that this kind of material could trigger fear, deprsssion, anxiety, stress.

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  cantleave

  Good Grief!! What did I just watch? The religion has always been manipulative and bat-shit crazy, but this is just incredulous. I am so pleased that we got our kids out as well, it's a total mind fuck.
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  Even LEGO must obey jesus command to keep doing this

  by Kevin McFree in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://youtu.be/vdtwrqvgcv0.

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  cantleave

  Genius