I began to study with Jehovah's Witnesses when I was only seven years old and finally became devout when I was 18. Immediately following my baptism, I became a Pioneer.
The maternal side of my family was deeply involved, but my father and his family never became a part of Jehovah's Witnesses, for which I am very grateful. I resigned from the JWs by sending a nine-page letter of disassociation to the elders in 1990 when I was 27.
Those of you who have been Witnesses will already know the nightmare associated with leaving the JW organisation. The fear and trauma of life without the familiar settings of the organisation is overwhelming and consuming.
