you stated you were 'a certain way ten years back'. i get your intention and am sure you don't plan to anyway but please do not mention any more details of why or how you were a bad or lost muslim. the reason i say that is because people frequently curiously ask for more details..and we in good faith spill all our beans..but Allah frequently veils for us our sins from the world and people because he intends to forgive those sins. I too have been and still am a somewhat lost muslim but alhamdulillah god has shielded all those sins from people and inshallah it will only be between me and him. Thus we should not openly declare what allah has mercifully hidden for us. And I hope we are not hijacking the thread..well we are but not really lol