Drinking does not have the stigma it has in real Christian churches, I know elders who filed bankruptcy yet have they have real life size Bars in their house with $20,000 worth of expensive drinks. How can a Elder justify filing bankruptcy when he is still spending $300 a week on booze?
Born-Again Conservatives would never tolerate the Stoic style heavy eatings and heavy binge drinking the brothers would do on get to gethers. I never judged them or spoke up because I thought I was too screwed up, did not feeL I should judge anyone when my house is not set in order and that's how the Organization get's us to compromise, we assume that Bethel has their house-in-order but it's far from true. People in the Kingdom Hall, the brothers had no problems around me, maybe that's why I was in the In-Crowd for decades until I spoke up and refused to let some bad people get away with bad things. The bad people are still in charge, I can't wrap my head around Jehovah allowing wicked men to remain in charge even though they have a reputation for lyings, stealing, theft and some have had sex outside their marriage but refuse to confess but it's ok for this men to attack the brothers and sisters who are meek with lessor offenses if they even did anything wrong, the crazy brothers get their rocks off by picking on the weakest links of the fence.