BrendaCloutier
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In the aftermath of our shattered faith, for those who also wonder.....
by Frannie Banannie init's been over 12 yrs since my df'ing.
yes, i forced 'em to do it for what i know now were pointless reasons....but mainly, at the time, i thought it was because the heirarchy of the wts doesn't measure up to scriptural standards....i wasn't wrong for they are very judgmental hate-mongers, manipulative and overbearing....but i've come to learn so much more..... .
after years of traumatic disillusionment, i've begun to wonder if there really is a god/goddess, etc....or is this a state of mind/belief system that mankind has created to explain the inexplicable, answer the unanswerable, to put a spiritual bandaid on the tortured in mind, body and/or spirit.....and yet, tho our bodies wear out eventually, we are wonderfully "made"....and so many things here on earth are sympatico with our human existence and temperament.....yet....at the same time, we have adverse reactions to many things, too, whether vegetable, animal, mineral or even spiritual.....is this all only a contrivance of our imaginings, the result of our teachings among ourselves?.
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JW, WatchTower Society, Alcoholism, and Recovery
by BrendaCloutier ini left the borg in about 1979 of my own accord after having my eyes opened (and experiencing) the hypocrisies around me.. in 1982 i sucessfully left my jw husband, who devloped alcoholism, and became a wife-beater when he could no longer control me.
the elders in the congregation (i married into) told me i was to subject myself to my husband, and his justice.. beginning in 1987, i realized my own drinking problem was alcoholism, and i successfully got clean and sober in 1990.. attending that first meeting, on a summer sunday evening in 1987 was shear hell for me.
it was in the basement of a baptist church!
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"Community of faith"
by onacruse inare jws to be vilified for having such a community?
mormons, sda's, catholics, protestants, jwders, jwoers, jwfers, jwcers, etc, etc?.
i submit that it isn't what they think about us...it's what you feel within yourself.. as ex-jws, do we have the courage to really face ourselves, and say "this is me!
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Happy Pills
by joannadandy inthere have been several posts here on depression, and i know many posters here have had to deal with depression.
heck we even have a section for depression related topics.
so i wanted to come here for a little advice, opinion on drugs for depression.
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Antibiotics for a virus? And what's a sure-fire fix for nausea?
by somebodylovesme init started thursday with a nasty cough.
friday morning, i felt like crap and was coughing up crap so i went to the doctor.
he told me i have bronchitis (yayyy) and prescribed both an antibiotic and a cough syrup with codeine (that puts me to sleep).
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Crazy JW Superstitions...
by Confucious inhey!
ok, we all know of this uncanny word play about not saying, "you were lucky," and not saying "bless you" after someone sneezes.
but this is a bizarre one i heard.
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Amazing Photo
by Lehaa injust got this email from a friend and had to share it with all.. incredible story and picture - little baby .
a picture began circulating in november.
it should be "the picture of the year," or perhaps, "picture of the decade.
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Do teenage JW's have a higher suicide rate?
by thomas3004 ini read online that teenage jw's have a suicide rate four times higher than the national average.
i was curious if anybody could refer me to actual statistics that could either confirm or deny that.
i have a friend who was struggling with suicidal thoughts a few months ago and now her new boyfriend is trying to convert her to be a jw.
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Treating Fibromyalgia with a Serotonin Uptake
by Sentinel ini've been suffering with fibromyalgia since about 1986, but was not diagnosed until 1997. for the longest time the only course of treatment (since there is no cure) is the use of strong pain killers.
i opted not to take that route.
someone recently posted something on here regarding this malady, and it got me to thinking and doing more research.