From the Editor
After many months of collaborative effort across the online ex JW community, it is my privilege to be able to present the first ever online magazine for doubting, exiting and former Jehovah’s Witnesses.
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JWRECOVERY Magazine is a free collaborative journal designed to provide easily accessible information and support assistance to ex Jehovah’s Witnesses around the world. It is our hope that the information contained within, in a new alternative format, will be another convenient touch-point for those seeking information and recovery help.
The editing staff and article contributors have come together on a non-profit basis, with no agenda other than to provide recovery assistance for other former Jehovah’s Witnesses. We are not an organized group nor professional counselors or therapists. Rather we aim to provide support to our fellows in an informal way by sharing stories, experiences and research.
For those of us who have come together to produce this magazine, it is our pleasure to finally release it to the public and we look forward to many others joining us to contribute to this journal in future issues.
Personally, it’s been a delight working with such knowledgeable, skilled and passionate people. We all share the vision of helping others and we hope that vision will continue to be realized as the exJW community raises its voices together.
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October 31st, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Cool magazine!Many ex Russians JW members read your magazine!Great job!
January 1st, 2010 at 7:55 pm
Really glad I found your site. I was disfellowshipped 7 years ago, and it was painful because I had been a witness for 27 years. But after being shunned for some time, I realised that I had belonged to the most judgemental organisation on earth. My daughter has not said a word to me for these last 7 years because I left the religion. It’s hard to accept but she has made her choice. Looking back at the ‘goldfish bowl’ that is the witnesses’ religion, it makes me cringe to think I was actively involved with an organisation that teaches its adherents to be so judgemental against anything that isn’t from their own governing body. My new life is so much more rich and colourful. No longer do I have to be told what I have to believe. Such a weight off my shoulders! Thank you for a great site. I shall continue to visit often…not because I want ammunition with which to attack the witnesses, but because I have found people who feel exactly as I do…freed from the shackles of misguidance.
January 11th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
I just wanted to add to Mark’s comments (above). He said what I’ve been feeling so succinctly. I was disfellowsipped 10 years ago after being associated for 25 years (12 as a baptized Witness). The new-found Christian freedom I now have has literally been a God-send. I’m so grateful to be out of a judgemental, man-made organization, that gave me such a thwarted view of God and Christ. I am so grateful that my daughter will never have to go through the hardships I went through as a child. I am now free to be the Christian I choose to be. The magazine is wonderful…keep up the good work! Hopefully it will reach those who are contemplating leaving, and perhaps help them to make that difficult and life-altering move. I will be an avid reader and supporter of your magazine.
January 29th, 2010 at 11:29 am
Thank you so much for all the work that’s gone into this fantastic site. There was nothing like this available when I was disfellowshipped in 1992. I no longer feel alone, and that means the world xx
January 31st, 2010 at 1:36 pm
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February 3rd, 2010 at 5:33 pm
Thanks for a fantastic magazine and website! Looking forward to more.
February 20th, 2010 at 12:32 pm
This is to let you all know that whoever was dissfellowshiped in the past now holds no merit to the elders actions. Many of us have found out that the GB have been putting subliminial images in the pictures- even since C.T.Russell. These images are of the satanic and some sexual kind as the WT DO have links to the Freemasons- a society that holds many secrets, including its satanic ritules. In the WT Sept 15 2005 mag shows hidden at the bottom of page 25 the Freemasonary BAPHOMET, or the devil shown on Tarot cards. Find out for yourself with the WT copies you have at home. See “binsubimages” on YouTube for details of HUNDREDS of images found! I was a JW for 30yrs, then I found out about the satanic and sexual images.
March 7th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
hello,
Very good site!
Marcos / Brasil
March 29th, 2010 at 9:10 am
Hello,
WOW! Iam amazed at the group of ex jehovah’s witnesses coming together. I was raised as one of JW’s and for the past 8 yrs have not attended any congregations. I have researched their religion and found nothing to prove they weren’t true nor false. But recently after serious digging have I begun to see through new eyes the real truth and not just circumstantial evidence that could be refuted by anyone. My parents are still Jw’s yet although they are devout, they still accept me and have not shunned me whatsoever. My life and decisions have nothing to do with not wanting to be one of JW’s but I must say without being a gay male, I doubt I would have ever seen the truth…I’d still be brainwashed.
April 3rd, 2010 at 6:50 pm
I appreciate this magazine, will help many of us to recover and heal from all the pain we’ve suffered. I have started a Meetup group for hispanic readers… particularly from Mexico City. I count on all of you to spread the word, since there are (or at least I haven’t found) any group that could help us hispanics ex JW to heal and find counsel in Mexico, in Spanish. The link is http://www.meetup.com/Ex-Testigos-de-Jehova-en-Mexico/ Thanks for the support. We will be located in Mexico City. All comments and suggestions will be welcomed!
May 18th, 2010 at 12:30 pm
hey,this is Jackie Hardgrave,just observed your web-site on google and i must say this blog is great.may I quote some of the information found in this site to my local friends?i’m not sure and what you think?in either case,Many thanks!
May 18th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
I’m a gay man,(came out after starting my current job)The company I work for is owned by JW’s. I’m not openly out at work and I’m the Executive Director of the company. Based on other business decisions they make according to their faith beliefs, I’m assuming my job would be in jeopardy if I came out at work, or someone outed me. Any thoughts on this issue from you or your readers would be helpful to me.
May 25th, 2010 at 11:19 am
So glad to see the support on this site. I’ve never been a JW but my husband is. He’s a good man and I love him. The teachings of this cult makes it very hard for my husband and I to be close and to share our hearts with each other. I used to be so hurt by his alienation. Reading the testimonies of those who have left or are trying to leave helps me understand what’s happening to him. I feel a compassion for him that I didn’t have before. Right now I’m just focused on loving him irregardless of how he treats me. It gets hard though and sometimes I feel like I’m dying. The sweetness and intimacy of marriage has been stolen from us. Is there anything that can turn his heart towards me? This is the hardest thing I’ve ever faced.