Hi Noidea: I had serious concerns before I read
Crisis of Conscience. My concerns led me to look for the book, and when I read it, it validated what I was experiecing and observing. But, I did not leave the organizaiton right away because I did not know wherew else to go, and I could not think of a way to get my family out. So, I stayed in and played the game, but with a different view of the organization.
When I read
In Search of Christian Freedom 2 years later, I saw that the issue was not 'where else to go' but to whem to go to, that being Jesus Christ, and not an organization. Somehow that concept was lost when I was a JW, but I rediscovered it with Ray Franz' second book. I managed to develop a good plan to get my family out. It worked. They came out with me. The rest is history.
Amazing