Thanks for the warning. But I think I will be fine. I do not live and die by Adventism or EGW, so I really don't think you should worry. I was not raised SDA and I have never put EGW on a pedastal. I have nothing in common with people like Dale Ratzlaff, Mark Martin and Sydney Cleveland who venerated EGW and could not fathom anything outside Adventism-these sorts of people are the ones who become the most bitter enemies of EGW and the church, because they had such an unhealthy, unrealistic relationship with both to begin with. I have never lived in an Adventist bubble and I know I am well-adjusted and balanced enough that I will not spend years and years and years and years bitter and angry towards the church. When the decision to leave is at the point where it is final, there is no more reason to be angry. Adventism will mean nothing at that point and will have no more influence on my life.
And if I ever decide to leave the church for good, it will be a clean break. I won't want to hear, see or talk about anything remotely Adventist. Because for me, leaving is just that: Leaving. It will be like cutting an arm off and leaving the limb behind. I cannot imagine wanting to carry that limb around for the rest of my post-Adventist life to worry over it and pick it apart.
I hear so many formers boast about how 'free' they are now that they have left the church. But some of these are the very same ones who still carry the baggage of Adventism around with them and it cripples them so that they cannot get on with life. That, to me, is not freedom from Adventism. That is like letting a dead abusive parent torment you from the grave. It cannot be healthy for the person. FAF is just a sad display of online dysfunctional mess, I'm sorry to say.
However, I do sympathize with those die-hard SDA formers whose worlds fell apart after leaving and were never able to fully restore thier lives back to complete happiness and normality. It must be an awful thing to experience.