I grew up as a Jehovah's Witness, when i started smokin... i was scared shitless, i was 16. Had i been caught then, i would've had a shitstorm to deal with. The shitstorm still came.. just not then. When i was 18 i got a tattoo to show to myself and my parents that i AM my own person with my OWN goals and my OWN personality. Not just an "Elder's Son". It showed to them i'm patriotic,a pot smoker, and rebelious against the religion (all 3 are strongly frowned on)...exactly the way it should be.

Enter:Shitstorm.

Breaking away from a Religion that you've been brought up in, or a religion your entire family is involved and active in is probably the hardest thing anyone could ever have to do in their life.

You have to make your own decisions. If this religion stuff isn't what you want, tell your parents. Religion can make you lie to yourself and the people around you...Nothin worse than lying to yourself...I'll vouche for that.

If your parents love you and respect you as their SON and not just as a church goer then you will know it.

I'm 20 now...I told my parents when i was barely 14 that i didn't want to do the religion shit anymore...it didn't go over well. I dropped out at 16, and worked fulltime to support myself.. feed myself even...18 i was politely asked to leave after getting my tattoo..

Since then? I've seen my family literally, a handfull of times.

They live no more than 40 minutes away and make such little effort in seeing me, it makes me wonder if they care at all?

Religion will do that...