((( Craig - onacruise))) ((( HadEnuf )))
For some of us the realization of those demons and letting go/bannising/exorcizing them has been a relatively easy process, but with a lot of hangovers/hangups. I left over 27 years ago... got pissed at how I was treated by the cong. I moved into, and at their hypocrisy. Looked back briefly a few years later to find that nothing had changed. My hangovers were the terror dogma I was taught growing up... going to another church specifically. I just knew I'd be struck down... welll I wasnt.
For others this is a much harder journey. They experienced and were programmed to tolerate much more abuse.
Much of my recovery was through AA. I needed to get rid of that ol' Jehover vindictive god of isreal, and get in touch with a new higher power. I am forever grateful for my alcoholism which got me into that level of personal/mental/and spiritual recovery. It's been JWD that has reinforced that what I experienced was real, and bad. I liken it to a friend who was in special forces in Nicaragua and was not allowed to talk avbout it. He had severe PTSD. I met a former SF person he knew on the street one day, and that person, about all he said was "it happened, man, and don't you forget or let them tell you otherwise!".
It happened. Don't you let them tell you otherwise!
Hugs and love to all on this board
Brenda