I was born in Australia and im living here, my whole family realised the rubbish the JW's were feeding us and left the ''truth'' at the same time, (im very lucky for this to happen). Im 19, and all the mates i made over the last 19 years that were JW's (thats pretty much all of them) left me as soon as they found out i am an ''apsotate'' (even the ones i thought were really close),i am very lucky to have my 2 best mates and their family, they too left the org a few years back and i tried to convince them into coming back (i also shunned them for quite some time too) but thankfully were still really close. So making new friends is hard, and finding out where i fit into this world is quite difficult, in alot of ways i wish i could go back and beleive the rubbish i was fed because it would make life so much easier because all of the hard choices i have to make now would have been made for me (or i would be told how to make them), but i am gratefull that now i am free of all that stuff even though it is hard to decide what way i want to live my life. I find an escape in my music, i like to listen to all sorts of music but especially trance, house, funk house, and other forms of dance music and electronic music, i also enjoy dj'ing and mixing my favorite songs. Anyway hopefully my stay here at the Jehovahs-Witness Discussion Forum will help me figure out a bit more about myself and where i came from. Sam.