Part 1: How Jehovah’s Witnesses Make Addiction WORSE |

[@RonPOMO-ps9fm]

Thanks for sharing your story here again June. When it comes to addictions or mental health problems... Jehovah's Witnesses shoot their wounded .

[@JustDeannaJune]

@@RonPOMO-ps9fm you're welcome and soooo true!

[@exjwconfessions]

Deanna, you have such a warm upbeat personality! What you said at 36:00 brought me to tears. We’re the same age. When I was 16 I had a total nervous breakdown from all the watchtower garbage, and my parents put me in a mental hospital. It was such a scary horrible place. I think I got 40 cards from people in the hall. I put them all on the window sills. All the staff were shocked. Those cards probably helped safeguard me from bad treatment there because they knew people were interested in me. It’s a dark irony that the JW upbringing made me sick to get me in there in the first place. The whole dynamic is a bit like Münchausen syndrome.

[@JustDeannaJune]

Thank you for your kind words and support! What a beautiful person you obviously are despite what you have been put through! My heart breaks when I hear about what so many of us were (and still are) put through as young JW children and teenagers. I hope you are finding some love, comfort and support in life now. Sending lots of love your way! 😘🧡🍂

[@Dgarig665]

Congratulations, June! As a sober ex JW, I can tell you it's completely worth all the effort it takes you to make your various milestones. Congratulations on one of the early ones, I really want to honor all the effort that it took.

[@vusimngomezulu2500]

Which church are preaching the gospel of the kingdom around the world to all nations as Jesus Christ said? Matthew 10:16, 24:14, 28:19-20, Mark 13:10, if not only only only the Jehovah's witnesses.

[@Dgarig665]

@@vusimngomezulu2500 I don't care what it says in your holy book. This is 2024. It's a little late for fairy tales.

[@JustDeannaJune]

@@Dgarig665 thank you and congratulations to you as well!!! 💕

[@charlesbuchan8873]

​@@vusimngomezulu2500 obviously your a jw that's left this comment should you be watching this channel as a jw ur not supposed to be watching apostate channels.

[@ciscokidfab7595]

@@vusimngomezulu2500 Watchtower is not a church or part of the church of Christ.

[@Duhble07]

Thank you so much acknowledging my request for the full version of the song. It’s actually hard to describe, but it strikes a chord. Absolutely. I love ❤️ your show. And your guest today was so well-spoken, kudos to her for how she was able to recover. Best wishes.

[@alyssapatmore2747]

Just Deanna June - you are GLOWING!! You look SO amazing! You look so much younger and healthy than your first videos (and you always looked beautiful!) What a testament to how leaving the Borg and working on healing yourself does! WOW 🙌👊🏻 I hope you make more content about this new chapter in your life! Well done girl! 👊🏻

[@JustDeannaJune]

@@alyssapatmore2747 thank you!!! I sincerely appreciate you saying that and I'm hoping to get back to making videos soon! 😉💗

[@jenniferm6141]

Congratulations Deanna on your recovery anniversary! 🎊 I always enjoy listening to you share your journey. You are an awesome human being! 💕

[@JustDeannaJune]

@@jenniferm6141 awe, thank you ☺️🩷

[@ClovisPoint]

Turned me into an alcoholic ,after all the guilt trips to sell my 4x4 ,leave my job ,etc was a nightmare that lasted 25 years until my liver ,heart gave in

[@ClovisPoint]

I dont like Pioneers .........

[@gwenpytka6739]

I love Just June! Thank you for this collaboration! All of you!❤❤❤❤

[@WatchtowerHunter]

June, I loved this interview. When your son said they weren’t his friends, a memory came of a dear friend whose congregation went after her and her family. Her quote, which I will always remember “they will show up in suits but never show up in jeans”. That perfectly summarized it for me. They will do their duty with absolutely no love or compassion, everything that reflects Jesus love drained from the equation.

[@JustDeannaJune]

Thank you and so very well said!!! Thank you for sharing that! 💗

[@Zekrom569]

Great job June! As a person who although didnt had to deal with spiritual abuse and was grown in an atheist family, still i do get shunned a lot by society because i am neurodivergent, it is very hard to keep a good sense of self when the smallest thing can get you discarded or end up with you losing your whole social network. But life is worth it even when the whole society shuns you for no reason.

[@JustDeannaJune]

@@Zekrom569 thank you, I really appreciate your kindness. My daughter is neurodivergent as well. So though I haven't experienced what you do personally, I have watched my daughter for almost 25 years now and I know how amazing she is but how difficult it can be for her as well! Life IS worth it, you are absolutely correct! Keep on going and I wish you all the best! Yoga might be a good fit for you, I know it helps my daughter. 😉 Lots of love to you! 💗

[@kerrydwyer1879]

In Australia..most elders drink quite a lot.Truly

[@JustDeannaJune]

​@keri know many elders here in the states that do as well!!! rydwyer1879

[@timistrue]

There are an array of addictions that exist! If you want to truly end your addiction, man up to it. Don’t be a selfish fool, there are people who love you, & care about your well being. Surround yourself within that environment. Strength in numbers. ❤️ your sincere, informative, & intellectual videos.

[@grapevinez6026]

There's something about growing up in an environment where you have to surpress your personality to the point of being a robot for a real estate & publishing company. Alcohol can easily become a tool to ease the pain of extinguishing your dreams and possibilities in your one and only shot at this short life.

[@JustDeannaJune]

Yup!

[@stanley1771]

Great job, thanks!

[@JustDeannaJune]

😊

[@rebella5769]

That was so amazing I can't wait for part 2

[@DiffiCULTChildhood]

We can't either 😁 Thank you for joining us! -Falon

[@grammargoddessNYC]

Hey June! This is excellent! Congratulations!!

[@JustDeannaJune]

Hey there!!! Thank you! Hope you are well sweetie! 😉💗

[@gwenpytka6739]

Congratulations on your sobriety too, Just June! It's a tough battle to fight!❤

[@JustDeannaJune]

Thank you! It is! But well worth the fight!!! 🩷💪

[@Alisha-zq6vh]

Great interview Deanna! It's a bit ironic how sternly you were dealt with, considering how freely the booze flows up at Bethel headquarters 😂. "House of God" my ass!

[@DiffiCULTChildhood]

Where young JW'S go to literally drown their cares! 😂 -Falon

[@JustDeannaJune]

@@Alisha-zq6vh lmfao Alisha! I know, right!?!? And thank you! Miss you! 😉💗💕

[@itaintobeezy]

Interesting story and guest 👍

[@JustDeannaJune]

🤗

[@1991LMR]

Congratulations on 1 year, June! I'm on my own journey to sobriety.

[@DiffiCULTChildhood]

That's incredible! We are so proud of you!!! 🤩

[@1991LMR]

@@DiffiCULTChildhood thank you!

[@JustDeannaJune]

Amazing!!! I'm proud of you but most importantly YOU be proud of you!!! 😉💗

[@mikegonzalez503]

Congrats on 1 year sobriety!

[@JustDeannaJune]

😉💪💗

[@katb945]

Congratulations your strength will encourage many thank you for your sharing. Making excuses for addiction does not help as we tend to put ourselves into this victim mentality and makes it worse harder to stop, have to stop being their victim need own owe choices and not allow them to keep us as down subordinate.

[@JustDeannaJune]

Agreed!!! 💯❤

[@skyone2380]

Hola saludos a todos me da mucho gusto ver y ver mas personas saluendo de esta secta y compartiendo Su historia mil gracias no es facil pero al final del tunel esta la luz maravillosa de la vida 💙 sin miedos y sin control mental saludos desde México 😊🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@JustDeannaJune]

Thank you!!! I appreciate you sharing a comment and encouragement! ☺️💕

[@kdrazalotg-usa6345]

Great video! I really love all the topics you guys are doing! I wonder if you might do a video on FEARS that Watchtower propagates? The artwork, outright is violent and tragic, but if you use a rectangular mirror, you will actually see HIDEOUS demonic looking things on much of it, from Watchtower’s start til now. I was born in, was too afraid to even tell my mother the artwork scared me, until now, I have told her. Her response is: You’re the ONLY one who was like that. You were always “different.” (Gaslighting me, of course…) It would be helpful to see how others felt growing up in a doomsday cult. I know you’ve covered some of it. I just wonder if you could cover how a JW child could get scared with JW teaching and with the reinforcement of horrid artwork. If you feel it would be redundant, don’t worry. Anyway, very important topic of help here!

[@justinporter458]

I swapped my alchohol addiction for cannibis addiction , when I 1st dissociated from Watchtower in 2018 aged 57 . I,m now free from alchohol and cannibis and I did it without the help from God ,I,m now a born-again agnostic atheist and I,ve never felt happier.

[@DiffiCULTChildhood]

Congratulations Justin! 🎈🎉

[@JustDeannaJune]

Hey Justin! I love your channel! And I don't get into absolutely ALL my issues because I don't feel the need to, but I've battled with a little more than alcohol since leaving the organization and I'm now sober from all substances! Thank you from a fellow agnostic! 😉💗

[@emmanuellartey3176]

Oh, I realized this long ago. The org. makes addiction worse

[@StanMNdirt]

I beg to differ. Working on the catapult crew on the flight deck of a carrier where our life expectancy was 20 seconds on the flight deck and mustering the next morning with gravel imbedded in my forehead taught me to party on liberty like their was no tomorrow. The JW’s had no idea what drinking was even about. Today I’m a legal cannabis medical user who grows his own medication. 😊

[@kdrazalotg-usa6345]

Wow! Please tell June congratulations for me!👍🙏😁 I’m sorry June you miss some of those sweet JWs, but you leaving actually set a good example of taking control of your health and do what you needed to do! Think about how not leaving would make them never think anything wrong with the cult. In leaving, you cause a little crack in their mental facade. I think, if some admitted things, they also had experienced cognitive dissonance, so have little cracks that will probably split more now, plus with all the weird changes…I have some I also miss, but going back, I know would actually make the friends less likely to notice the cognitive dissonance causes. (Sorry if it doesn’t maybe make sense.)I just see that you look so much happier now, healthy and stronger. That will make them question their own lives. They’ll have to ask themselves: WHAT DID PUTTING THE NEW PERSONALITY REALLY GET ME? Eventually, they’ll have to realize how empty and gray everything really was in that organization.

[@JustDeannaJune]

I totally know exactly what you mean! And I've bumped into many JW's from my old hall in our local coffee shop when they are on break in service after I'm done with my yoga class and it's funny... The younger generation, my kids age (25-30) if no older ones are there, have all said things like, 'you look amazing!' 'you look so happy!' 'you're literally glowing' without me prompting any of it. And I guarantee it's because I'm the same age as all their parents and I know their parents and I've seen them and they all look tired, irritated and sorta old. Older than my old ass looks. LMAO 🤣 And I think that must say something to that generation, at least I hope it does and makes them think. Thank you for taking the time to comment and sorry it took me so long to respond! 🧡

[@justinporter458]

Better a sober Agnostic than a drunk Jehovah Witness.

[@JustDeannaJune]

😉

[@Mike-p9n]

I'm a jw 30yrs plus my life is fantastic. Going to my grave serving my God friend. ,father,,,,,ps the big stack from good Christian living that I have from god reminds me of how God blessed job/joeb. I'll take all the blessings in my life that all come from JEHOVAH/YAWEH and fully stay away from this dark dead end SYSTEM

[@DiffiCULTChildhood]

@Mike-p9n Well Mike, I have to be honest. No part if this statement sounds like an actual JW. And if you're just trolling our videos because you have time & energy to spare, thats cool. But I know you're not the real deal because JW's hardly EVER refer to Jehovah as YAWEH unless it's in the context of ancient language transcription. Additionally, while there are many JW's that do indeed have "big stacks" as you mentioned, they wouldn't flaunt it with such crass descriptions. Nice try buddy 😉

[@Mike-p9n]

@@DiffiCULTChildhood your wrong and you have put jws in your mind frame box. And there's no changing that. The bigstack as I said is God blessing my hands as he did to. JOB/ JOEB,,ps I have always used both jehovah YAWEH

[@Mike-p9n]

@@DiffiCULTChildhood I'm not trolling I'm giving you my honest opinion as you gu Guys do or does the other opinion hurts the ego???

[@Mike-p9n]

@@DiffiCULTChildhood I became a jw for many reasons one was they as a world wide group they are the best at showing the world they want to be no part of it as Jesus said. His real disciples would be,,,I love it when the haters are unfair with us and never say anything good about us before I became a jw I would speak of the good and bad of what I saw in any religion, yet when it comes to jws. 90 percent of critics are way of balance,,I saw that years before I became a jw. Ps who where the number one persecuters of jws in the last 100 yrs it was fake Christian of Christiandom,,,,so go fix your own home before you try to fix JWS

[@DiffiCULTChildhood]

@Mike-p9n Doesn't hurt my ego in any form or fashion 😂 But I also know that current JW's have been warned repeatedly not to look at any type of apostate material, even calling it "spiritual pornography"... so that means one of two things. Either 1. You think the rules don't apply to you & you're allowing yourself to be "ruled by the flesh" & just watch whatever you like. Or, 2. Deep down, you know this organization all man-ruled so you watch KZbin trying to talk yourself out of what you already know. Either way, I hope you find what you're looking for 👍

[@rebuildingrebelyn]

shit. i'll be back y'all but my daddy had SUD. the way they treated us and specifically him. this is just too triggering for me. june, i am so very proud of you

[@JustDeannaJune]

Thank you and I am so sorry this was such a triggering episode and I understand that completely! I tried to keep stuff somewhat on the 'lighter' side and it's still rough. And never put yourself through listening to things that are going to add to your own harmful emotional experiences, instead of healing them! I wish you all the best and hope life has become moved into a better direction since things with your family & Dad. Again, so sorry for what you have gone through!!! Much love to you! 💔

[@CATS57CATS]

Thank you for being reasonable. Just a bit fed up of criticism we receive. There are two sides to every story.

[@JustDeannaJune]

💗

[@franksimmons9242]

To watchtower each congregation is like a McDonald's franchise. They all have exactly the same menu and are run by a corporate headquarters.

[@franksimmons9242]

Oh yes and they all have different profit margins and all they sell is beef potatoes and syrup all over processed and "refined". The rest is marketing and advertising just like their menu is limited so are positions inside so-called Kingdom Halls and there is a lot of competition for the few top jobs. These organizations are run with a merciless iron fist and bombarded with constant instructions and directives which are marketed as new light in God's direction. Back then I didn't realize we were the POS. Point of sale being trained to recruit under the guise of free Bible studies selling a narrative that was dominated completely by self-appointed impostors also known as the "brothers or governing body". Just wow. Even the Demons fear God, but not these guys.

[@CATS57CATS]

If you mean alcohol, I haven't had a drink for twenty three years. Not all JWs drink. They are good people but persecuted by people who don't really know them.

[@DiffiCULTChildhood]

If you're unsure about whether she's referring to alcohol, you must not have watched the video. And that's okay. We're happy to know you've been able to stay alcohol free for such a long time if that was an issue for you at some point! Congratulations! And no, not all JW's drink & we would never make such a gross over-generalization. 😊

[@JWpuffNstuff]

45:06 ❤️🥹

[@JustDeannaJune]

🥹💗🤗

[@ClovisPoint]

see if YT deletes my comment AGAIN !!!!!!!!

[@DiffiCULTChildhood]

There are some key words that are automatically blocked in comments. Typically it’s words associated with trauma or bullying. Even though they’re not always used in that context. Like curse words or a certain word that rhymes with “tape.” For example if someone is saying they experienced CSA, it may still block for safety. Sorry if it filtered any comments in error. But overall the automatic moderator keeps a lot of creeps out. - Jason

[@kerrydwyer1879]

Trust Father and Yeshua/Jesus..not humansPsalms 146...Micah 7😊❤

[@franksimmons9242]

Lot of secrecy and denial because you're not allowed to have problems because you have put on the new personality right? You just need to pray harder and whoever said they shoot their wounded is right. If for any reason you become known as what they call spiritually weak people will disappear faster than Jack in the Box. That don't count all the snitching.

[@JustDeannaJune]

Yup!

[@glenfinch1468]

Thanks for ignoring my emails 👍🏼

[@DiffiCULTChildhood]

Hi Glen! I emailed you back 😊

[@raceandros5079]

After reading article about bud xex I had zod0mi

[@raceandros5079]

Jus like watching jair aldo about 3 wayx did that in the seventies. Same result. Influencers like today 🦴