Cubic just read what you posted on the last thread about how you're in a far better position now that you've stepped back. I'm exactly the same. I racked up a bit of debt on my credit card due to Forever and I'm now slowly paying it off whereas before, even though I was putting money on it to pay it off I was also in the cycle of having to buy products each month even when my small customer base didn't want anything.
It's like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. It will be paid off fully in a few months and I won't have the monthly reminder of trying to make Forever succeed.
I've not had any nastiness from stepping back but then again, maybe that would be different if they knew I was on here? But in the same vein none of them bother with me to see how I'm doing. No point them putting energy into me now that I'm not making them any money.
One of the people on here was saying about how collectively the team makes 1500cc for chairmans bonus/global rally. You don't get the full amount of CC's from your downline if they are managers themselves you only get a percentage. So you need to keep recruiting new people to get their full amount of CC's up until they hit manager.
So even these people that say they will retire in 3-5 years, they still need to keep in touch with their business (and do their 4cc's) or it will all fall apart. If all their managers stop then their income will drop rapidly. They will never to free to 'retire' the traditional way