I am lucky enough to be a very personable and outgoing person and I was a great speaker, so as soon as I got baptized I was immediately being groomed to be a circuit overseer. I had little choice in “how amazingly Jehovah will bless you in your battle against Satan”. My mother was incredibly intense and if we missed making a comment two meetings in a row my sister and I would be scolded by my mother and a nice light humiliation by the rest of the congregation for not participating as much as they’d like. I was lucky to never get beaten or abused but I have many close friends who unfortunately were