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  Please, I am so upset...I need some hugs...

  by Sentinel in

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  i am having a very difficult time and i am here right now because i know in my heart, that when i explain what has just happened to me a few minutes ago, you will understand.

  many of you are no doubt going through the same thing.. within several posts here, i have spoken of my mother.

  my dear sweet mother, who just turned 78, and who has been a faithful jw since 1959. she abandoned me in 1981, when i decided to leave the borg, and for twelve years she did not speak to me, write to me, call me, or visit me.

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  (((((Karen)))))) I want to hug you too!

  I can totally relate. My parents do the same, and my mother has popped into my life occasionally just to reopen the wound to remind me about that our relationship is "dead". It is a pain that really doesn't ever go away......my only savior was to take control of what I can and that is not to allow her in any more. No expectations, no disappointments. But there are days when it still gets me down. So many times I wish that I had a mother who loved me unconditionally.
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  Connie Chung & Weaver case

  by morrisamb in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  anyone catch connie chung's segment about the weaver case last night?

  connie interviewed the aunt of one of the victims as well as weaver's ex-wife.

  there are so many sickening things about this case.

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  I have a degree in Social Work and did my intern in the Child Protection Unit........let me tell you, it was so sad, emotionally draining and extrememly frustrating. For every case that we handled in Family Court you knew there were multiple others that went unreported, hidden and were continuing. It really opened my eyes to what the monsters in this world! I would come home everyday and hug my children.
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  Emotionally stunted

  by onacruse in

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  2. experiences

  just had a good phone call with a friend i met on this board...got me to thinking about my life as a jw.

  he's been "out" almost as long as i was "in.".

  i was a reg pub at 6 years old, decided (yes, a very deliberate decision) to go to bethel when i was 8 years old, and was baptized at 10 years old (in 1962).

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  Craig........I too can relate! When I was df'd at the age of 18 I was at the emotional level of probably a early teenager! The choices and decisions that I made for the next year seemed very "childish" to some-but they were just par for the course of a young person growning up BUT without any guidance. It wasn't until a few years ago (I am 34 now) that I felt that I am where I should be emotionally.
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  Halloween Costumes

  by Jim_TX in

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  2. humour

  i was at coffee yesterday, and friends i was with started talking about halloween, and costumes.. after a bit, i got this 'revelation'!!

  i asked them.... "why not dress up as santa claus on halloween?".

  well, you'd have thunk i said that satan wuz jesus!

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  LOL Outlaw! This is a good idea..................
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  Just joined up!

  by scooter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been looking for something like this for the last 7 years.

  i am not a jw or an ex-jw but my wife is and so is her father and her sister.

  brief history.

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  scootergirl

  Welcome aboard! From this scootergirl to you.....you will love it here. Lots of great people, wonderful info and tremendous support!

  ~Christy

  p.s., love the name.......caught my eye!
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  Oprah Awards $50,000 to Silent Lambs

  by abbagail in

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  2. friends

  ah ha!!

  now that i got your attention.... well, oprah hasn't yet awarded $50,000 to silent lambs, but she very well could if enough of us "nominate" silentlambs (bill/sheila/joe/barbara, et al) for oprah's "use your life award.

  " any regular oprah-watchers will know what i'm referring to; that during the season, she presents various individuals (on monday's show each week) with this award for their service to their cause (along with the big fat check)... .

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  Hope it isn't too late.....but I just sent in my nomination!
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  Adult Children of Alcoholics

  by Ray Skyhorse in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how do witnesses view aa meetings and aca meetings?

  are they ok with the 12 steps?

  the reason i am asking is because i think it might be beneficial for my jw-wife to attend some aca meetings but i'm unsure of how "anti-aa" the witnesses are.. also, if anyone care to make any comments re aca meetings, i'm all ears.

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  Well said, granny........well said
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  Adult Children of Alcoholics

  by Ray Skyhorse in

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  how do witnesses view aa meetings and aca meetings?

  are they ok with the 12 steps?

  the reason i am asking is because i think it might be beneficial for my jw-wife to attend some aca meetings but i'm unsure of how "anti-aa" the witnesses are.. also, if anyone care to make any comments re aca meetings, i'm all ears.

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  Oh I couldn't agree more........not every meeting is the same. I went to quite a few before I found my "home group". It is finding the meeting/people that are right for you.
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  Adult Children of Alcoholics

  by Ray Skyhorse in

  1. jw
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  how do witnesses view aa meetings and aca meetings?

  are they ok with the 12 steps?

  the reason i am asking is because i think it might be beneficial for my jw-wife to attend some aca meetings but i'm unsure of how "anti-aa" the witnesses are.. also, if anyone care to make any comments re aca meetings, i'm all ears.

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  scootergirl

  Well.......I disagree w/some opinions mentioned here regarding many 12 step programs, but that is my opinions.

  I have been attending a 12 step program for over 5 years now-after trying everything and anything, this was my last resort. I will say this, if more people learned and practiced the 12 steps from early on, many many problems would be eliminated in our world. I attend because of living w/an alcoholic for 7 years, for being married to another recovering alcoholic AND for growing up in a dysfunctional house being raised in a dysfunctional religion.

  My two year old will learn the 12 steps about the same time he will learn the whole alphabet! LOL

  I think that ACOA can help, but it has to be your wife's choice. I dont' believe that you need to accompany her. In fact, I would never recommend a married couple attend a "meeting" at the same time. NEVER. I would encourage and support her to go. If it works for her the next step would be a sponsor in the program. I don't know how all of that would jive w/the dubs, though.
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  For those of you that laughed at me.......

  by scootergirl in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  lol!

  the last of the cucs have been packed.....time to celebrate!

  pickles anyone?

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  scootergirl

  k.....bikerchic! I think you may have to fight off some others first!

  Next apostafest.......PICKLES ON ME (well, not ON, me literally)