Wasn't hard for me. As a kid I was a non-practicing Catholic, like the rest of my family. As the years went on I slowly but surely moved away from the religion. I like to think my atheism stems from a common hatred of going to church. I hated going to CCD, and really didn't like the practice of sitting on uncomfortable wooden benches for hours on end in the event my family actually went to church. Despite not caring much for practicing religion, I didn't like it when people criticized religion. I remember being on these forums in 2006-2007, being 14 years old or so, and reading some of the posts.

Then, of course, I reached the age of reason it seems. I got confirmed by the church at 15-16 (mainly because, while I was not yet fully atheist or even agnostic, I didn't care enough to put up a fight to stop my mom from making me finish CCD and get confirmed. Plus my sister had been confirmed and it would look rather odd if she got confirmed while I didn't). Shortly after abandoned religion entirely. I've been fairytale free for three or so years now.