Posts by Tree

This is going to sound lame but some of my best writing of the last 2 years was posted on that site. If I had any idea it was going to disappear with a poof I would have copied and saved. Not the end of the world. Just OUCH!

So grateful to the site and all the moderators. One of the reasons that site was successful was because it was extremely well moderated. It was an elegantly organized site and will be hugely missed.

My current fade is going freakishly well in no small part to the help and support from friends on that site and the excellent advice there in general.

I woke up. I freaked out. I read and read and read. I finally joined and posted. I told my story.

I read and participated. I responded to other peoples stuff. The layers peeled away.

Divorced my husband. They disfellowshipped HIM! I'm faded. The kids still talk to me. Who knows how long.

I'm making friends real life xJWs and nonJWs. Figuring it all out.

JWR was there to help. I wasn't quite done with it but was transitioning out.

Thank you JWR for everything.

So long and thanks for all the fish.

xJWR members please feel comfortable contacting me at [email protected]

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Jehovah's Witness Recovery is no more...

by TimeBandit in

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i just tried to go to the site and there is a goodbye message.

i was a member there since 2010. i was really surprised.

i had just started posting there again after being away for a while.

Tree

JWR helped expedite the process of transitioning out of the JWs.

It would have taken much longer with out it.

The closing message of "Get Therapy" is very apt.

But therapy does not replace a social network.

JWR was a social support group that in part replaced the one being lost in the congregation.

To have that abruptly be lost is hurtful and devastating.

I would be happy to financially support a locked down archive version of the site.

The information there is invaluable to those in the crises of waking up.

I too would very much like to copy the stuff I wrote. The epiphanies and growth are meaningful.

I also had important and meaningful communications in personal messages that I would like to retrieve.

I am so grateful to that site and all the moderators.

I understand how hard and demanding it is to run something like this.

It is a great responsibility.

The way this was closed was slightly less than responsible.

Think about what happens to people when they suddenly lose their social networks.

The responsible thing to do is to allow an exchange of contact info. There are a few people I don't know how to contact otherwise. The loss is painful.

Like any relationship that has come to an end we all deserve a chance to come pick up our stuff and say goodbye.

Tree