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Thanks for sharing your story JJ.

Something you said in the Dinah video stuck w me; about a knee-jerk reaction you had to stress. You said your first reaction was to want a drink and I thought with shame, “that’s me” but then you added that from your experience, that reaction was Normal for You. I stopped and thought, of course! It’s like breaking up with a lover who is very destructive to you. Going back is not healthy but it’s the empty space that lover filled that tricks you into missing them.

Sometimes. it’s. so. hard.

Thank you, June ❣️

I love the changes

I learned much as an apologist. My sister and I were not close before her j w life. Tried many common sense arguments but my bio sis wld not budge. She died this year at 73. In the religion. Sadly.

...... welcome back. Good to see you again.

I have a fried that’s endeavoring to stay away from wine. You just made me think of something. When I talk to her she said things much like you. However, she never mentioned having a plan when she thinks of buying a bottle of wine. When I talk with her today, I’ll help her to think about and formulate a plan, write it down and place in sight in her house. Thanks Just June.❤ Ex witness since spring 2021 here. My friend is an ex witness too. If we can kick that watchtower indoctrination, anything is possible 😊

I hear you 2:07 i got mad the last time I thought of that as a solution too!!

Great video; keep up the good work!! Thanks for helping so many people.

I spent 2023 totally sober from alchohol and cannibis, this year 2024 I've, had about 6 beers ,but I don't try to let it bring me down ,life is full of set backs Just June... just keep on keeping on ❤❤

Thank you so much June.This really meant a lot❤

Thank you for sharing! You're doing an amazing job. ❤

Nice to see You again. You're So Brave. Keep Up the Good Work. Blessings sent your way. ❤

A wise friend of mine from AA when I was 2yrs sober told me when I said why do I still think about drink so much " Well you'd be a p*** poor excuse for an alcoholic if it doesn't cross your mind occasionally " 😂 It made me smile and 15 years later I rarely think about alcohol but never complacent that I am & will always be an Alcoholic .

you're such an inspiration 💙💙💙

Good to see you!❤😊🇳🇱 Yes...recognise the feeling🫶

Great video! Having a plan makes a lot of sense to me. I've been doing IFS Therapy with my therapist. It's worth a Google search for anyone who's interested. Really helps me dig down and determine what parts of my self say, "chase dopamine." It's been like what you said Deanna-- Not being judgmental about the urges that were becoming unhealthy. It's ok to have those feelings. But I disarm them by thanking that part of me for looking out for me. "it's ok (to the part that wants to drink) you helped me when I needed you, but it's better now. I'm not in a cult, I'm not going through a divorce, my bills are being paid, alcohol wasn't really helping me anyway, & I feel so much better now. Thank you for trying to protect me back then but you can stand down now, we have pilates and the gym and friends to make us feel better now." Anyway, my two cents. Thanks for sharing this Deanna! - Jason (from @difficultchildhood )

I’m always happy for a new June video. I appreciate how encouraging and upbeat you are. I watch your videos and reflect on myself for at least that day. I usually feel more upbeat for the rest of the day. 🩷

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Hi Just june you are a power women believe in your power as human being greetings from the Netherlands Emilio Fulgado the guitar builder ❤

Great to see you (you're looking great). I just subscribed to their channel. I like when you mentioned not being an alcoholic because of the org, but it can drive some people to drink. I've been pretty much faded out but i also noticed that even my alcohol consumption is down to a minimum. I think it's because of not being as stressed out with the high demands and the harassing phone calls from the Elders. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos.

Hi June! I hope you have had a great summer doing all the things you wanted to get done. I jumped over to the collaboration that you were a part of on the Difficult Childhood! You did a great job. You a a very talented communicator ❤. I look forward to following that couple and learning from their journey😊

Hi! I’ve missed seeing you! Thanks for sharing this

I really appreciate your insights. I’ve been working through some issues myself and your thoughts have helped me turn toward the “why” of it all. Thank you for joining us on our channel Deanna. You’re the best! - Jason

Of course we checked both part one and part two. Always love your honest, humble expressions.

Say it yesterday. Great interview!

' That's what it is all about', sharing your perspective and point of view before you both rot in the grave! Clown world.

HEY MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!! i'll check it straightaway! 💙💙💙

I am struggling with coffee and carb addictions.

Saw the interview. Always happy to see your videos. But do things at your pace. I like who they are and able to produce videos together even with differences.

So enjoyed watching these. Thanks to both of you for this.

What an excellent video. Thank you!

There is no excuse for CSA or r*pe, but Dinah made a bad choice and put herself in a vulnerable and dangerous situation. That’s why her example is recorded for our benefit even today. Cautious as serpents and innocent as doves.(Matt.10:16)

This is a great video. My only problem is that I wish I’d watched it sooner. Thanks Deanna! - Jason

Hi, just watched you on Fallon, very proud of your effort for sobriety, struggled dfd & at time bf said you’re such a lovely kind woman who no one talks to & being in such dark struggle need hug most, nope double hurt. Now hv yrs n yrs under belt & hv boundaries fam kids husband that are everything. Waking up 4yrs ago was so hard, couldn’t deny anymore. & wasn’t gonna beg for love walking & leaving alone. Born in but so many personal experiences/situations that I appreciate hv walked in my shoes. ❤

The story of Dinah and the GBs "great" lesson about her behavior has played out in my life....its sick and so masogynistic. Thanks for having the courage to tell your story.

Thanks for sharing you have such a calming peaceful presence. I went down the self harming self abusive road and now climbing out of that hole well done your an inspiration to many. 🫶🏼✌🏼💃🚐🦘🌞🌙✨🌻💕

As per the indoctrination by the org, I was convinced it was my fault because I did not scream out loud, or fight hard enough. Since I was baptized at 14, I thought I would be disfellowshipped if I told anyone. So the heavy weight of feeling like it was my fault followed me all my life. I will never forget how I cried when I heard the line from Good Will Hunting repeated over and over...."its not your fault, its not your fault". Thank you for sharing your experience, I wonder how many like me have never been able to let anyone know.

Just watched this again such a wonderful intiview 💗 so many wonderful Gems 💎 to apply to heal 🫶🏼✌🏼💃🚐🦘

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You're such an inspiration to me, i really cannot explain you well enough how important all your testimonies are to me 🙏💙🙏

As for the story books, before JWs I used to read bedtime stories to my little ones. After the WT joining, I put aside “wicked worldly fairy stories” and tried to read Bible story books. My kids just wouldn’t have it. What was once a pleasant falling asleep experience, became a violent, often boring story about the Big Jehovah and his friends. They, as babies, knew it was not pleasant. So I stopped and they were pleading for mom to be silly and expressive with the old stories I’d read or make up. All JW materials were printed to make the child feel devalued and ashamed. But I was a stiff WT robot by then, and my kids suffered through that horrible WT violence until I rescued them and got out. June, I am struggling at my age now, to write my experiences in a book. Each day is painful reliving it but I am doing it after all this time! God bless you, June, so nice to see your podcast!❤

June, it was so good to hear and see you again. Thank you for your experience, I know it is painful to tell, but useful to so many of us who DO blame ourselves for CSA that had happened. When I was a little child, I was molested too but not by a JW. But I remember drawing out the things that happened to my cousin and me. I was always drawing! Then, I’d feel “dirty” and ashamed and crumple up the pictures and throw them in the kitchen garbage. Now, you’d think the parents would’ve gotten curious at all the balled-up papers and looked and DID SOMETHING! Questions, anything of a little tiny kid. But no. Nothing. In the 50’s, it just was. And kids were to be seen and not heard, and were disciplined harshly by parents and Catholic Schools. Art Therapy is now a diagnostic and a healing tool. Back then, people just barely coped and got by. There was no help. So little surprise I grow up to join WT and become a submissive woman with pedophiles hidden in plain sight galavanting around the KH with microphones and Elders cavorting with children.

That’s actually an insanely good point and should be part of the information brought into court cases. It’s a huge of psychological cultural propaganda children inherit in the JW org.

If anyone hasn't seen the documentary The Witnesses, it's an eye-opening couple of episodes that feature an investigative journalist's efforts to get to the bottom of the CSA issues in the Watchtower. I was blown away by a letter that Stephen Lett wrote to a close personal friend whose daughter was assaulted. Also, June, I'm sorry for your suffering and hope that karma has caught up with that scumbag.

I am also a CSA survivor, and never put together why I felt like I was to blame, and this makes so much sense! I do remember the talks of if a woman is taken into a field an violated and does not scream, she is guilty of adultery. I had totally forgotten the story of Dinah! Sending you lots of love! ❤❤❤

I think in a heartbeat all women will say worst JW Bible story is Dinah. Hands down.

Great to see you again you look like you enjoyed your break you look great 🌞🫶🏼💃💕 Thanks for sharing this point victim blaming is rife in WT org.

Great reasoning points. And I’m so sorry that happen to you.