Hmm..I was brought up in the truth, but a big milestone for me was when I was 12. We moved from the street where Id always lived, I left all my friends there and we moved back to the congregation where my parents had first studied, everyone knew us but I was a baby when we'd left. I hated my parents for moving me. I was used to having people on hand in the street to "play" with, here I didnt and it made me really depressed so I stopped going to the meetings(much to my parents desperation). Then my grandma died, she was the strongest sister Ive ever met, she was amazing I loved her sooo much and I remember thinking that the only way I would ever get to see her again was in the resurrection and the only way I could learn about that was the meetings. So I started, begrudgingly, to go again. It wasnt long before I was invited to a get together at a family's house, they did it every other Friday for the teenagers in the hall, we'd go through the watchtower or the YPA book and then we'd just hang out. I actually started to make friends and got myself a social life. To cut a long story short these friends were better than any Id ever had. They encouraged me to go to the meetings, one brother even went out on service with me every Saturday even though I was too shy to talk on the door. That was the turning point. I realised that not only did we have perfet eternal life in the future and a chance to see the people we love again, but there were immediate benefits. I had REAL friends and an organisation that opened up so many opportunities to travel and serve with people who all want the same thing I do! Plus Im safe! That was it, sorry it was so long, hope it made sense.