You might try beginning at the beginning, and see how that flows.
How did you get into Scn? Did a friend of relative disseminate to you?
What initially attracted you about Scientology?
Been meditating again.
The more I think about it, the more I think my main story is not going to be about how I got
into $cientology and what happened to me while I was there. I think the more relevant thing is how I got
out after being in so deeply for 40+ years.
I can actually answer your questions (thanks for helping me out by asking) in a few sentences or paragraphs -- though who knows what might happen once I start writing. Yeah. As I'm thinking about it, I might have to dredge up a lot of old memories. One of my clients just asked me if I'd ever thought about writing a memoir.
Yep.
Thought about it a lot. It's a lot of work, and maybe I'm too lazy to do it. Dredging up the memories -- that's a lot of work. Making them coherent enough to write down -- more work. Making the writing coherent enough for other people to read and understand -- whew! Fu*k it. I'll just take a nap. LOL!
No, let me at least make an effort, since you took the time to ask.
Beginning at the beginning -- going back to day one, the abbreviated version is that my Aunt Louise, who used to live not too far from the org in DC got in in the '50s and had a bad experience. Then my Aunt Vivian went to see what happened to her sister, and she happened to have a good experience. So she told me, my mother and my sister.
OK, that's the beginning. I may or may not fill in the details later, if I have any noteworthy flashbacks. But I'm mostly -- still, after 13 years -- heaving sighs of relief and gratitude about being out. So that's where most of my attention is.
