nb-dfed
JoinedI was born and raised a jw. My father was (and still is) an elder. We had our family study and went out in service every Saturday. There was enormous pressure to be the "perfect" family, although behind closed doors we were a wreck. I was baptized at 12, auxillary pioneering at 16, regular pioneering at 17, and inactive at 21. My husband (also an elder's child) and I met while pioneering. We married very young, as many JW kids do. All though marriage at a young age is extremely difficult, we have stuck together through thick and thin. Not long after marriage we began to fall away. After finding a little freedom, we went a little crazy, experimenting w/drugs and alcohol. This was almost inevitable, considering the extreme pressure put on Witness kids, especially as elder's children. A couple years later, we were tracked down by the elders in our congregation and told we had to meet with them or be disfellowshipped. My husband told him a committee would not be necessary for him, he no longer cared. I met with a jc and they deliberated my fate for about 5 minutes. I was disfellowshipped. Although I was angry for a long time, I am glad to have left and even happier to know that there are others out there going through the same things as I am!!