It is true, we are lied to, propagandized and subject to many attempts to have us all think the same way. I did not delete Susans comment, they disappeared and then reappeared; have happy holidays. Every time we let somebody into Synanon we assume an enormous liability and this is done consciously. He interviewed Richard Ofshe but then without explanation he wrote Ofshes discourses of brainwashing interesting, but not applicable. "Whose fault is it? Synanon Industries August 23, 2022 2. Synanon just gave it a giant shove through its PR machine which unfortunately attracted sociopaths wanting an easy road to riches and unfortunately led many governmental agencies and politicians to back their concepts. Communist Russia was safer with freedom taken away. Have a merry. Many have the support of state agencies, because of the past publicity for Synanon, unaware of what happened in California and assuming therefor these programs worked. Whatever value Synanon might have had, I believed then, it had been long-lost. Straight used Synanons vaginal and anal searches to search for contraband for years even though they never found any. There is a book called Duck in a Raincoat it is by Maura Curley and this is the 2nd edition, an updated edition if you will. Further, it is foolish to treat all persons in the same manner. He had the addicts psychologically tested and found Synanon did not change people internallythat they were still antisocial. And with that all being announced on the wire, murder attempts begin. But it is a calculated risk we take. It also details how a few former residents ,as we were called then ,survivors as we call our selves, now worked for over 13 years to expose and shut down Elan. Also, because of time restraints, I put up the information so it is there and then go back and edit when I have the chance. The Cedu schools (one in California, and one in Idaho) were each located in a mountain wilderness, and students soon discovered that they were teenage captives, without identification or money, in an imposing geography they could not easily or safely negotiate or escape. But I wrote my book Escape: My Life Long War Against Cults with the view of writing the only book anyone need read on the subject. lawyer magazine paul Morantz on you tube. just state that and agree to the group rules!! CED had similar protection but blew it when he started ordering attacks and got caught on his tapes. But he failed to see while controlled and anti-social pathology still existedit awaited release and that many were eager to respond to their old days ways if the message to do good turned to do bad. "He was just this big, masculine, Italian, strong guy that loved his boys. Students quickly found themselves in a new, strange, uncomfortable and often frightening world of intense group relationships and heightened, invasive and violent group therapies. My disappointment, as stated in my book, is that after all this great work, led by the entertainment field it regressed, with HBO and Showtime saying the best job you could get if you were a woman was to strip or manipulate a millionaire to marry you. Its a real field day.. Per Ofshe, Dr. Elizabeth Missakian, former Pres. Please buy the book. Maia wrote: No fewer than 50 programs can trace their treatment philosophy, directly or indirectly, to an anti-drug cult called Synanon. (He considers his dad's partner, Bonnie, his mother. It a very sick place for teen agers,and during my time we were mixed in with adults. they were supposed to be about love, while men were about war. also, to write a good book, you have to think that is what you are doing or it will not be a good book. Order from Amazon, XHTML: You can use these tags:
. The media pointed to me, but there were far many who had joined and fought to protect me as well as expose Synanon. Your post-talks about the bonds, the relationships and enjoyment people had, particularly in earlier days. The autopsy report stated that he died from a perforated ulcer, but that is only the tip of the iceberg. At least three dozen teens have died in these programs, often because staff see medical complaints as malingering. For us, it was Experience of Contact, thousands of interviews, internal documents, depositions of leaders and a lifelong examination. Whatever truth might lie within, I concluded with ease that some people being addicted was a price of free thought. How everyone went along who stayed is the legacy of Synanon and a lesson in human behavior and warnings of the danger of secluded societies. I dont have much to argue with what you say about the people in Synanon and do not disagree they helped others, they were there to do that. Synanon was the first therapeutic community devoted to the treatment of the drug addicted according to the Encyclopedia of Drugs and Alcohol, which is edited by the first White House Drug Czar; Dr. Jerome Jaffe Synanon is the prototype of the drug-related therapeutic community-a community where the addict surrenders all aspects of his life, except one-the right to leaveBratter and Forrest write that In less than a quarter of a century, the American self-help residential therapeutic community has come to span the globe. Comments here are for input, questions, and providing of facts. Elan made millions and millions of dollars, off of criminal child abuse. Dederich said free choice in the hands of an addict was like a gun in the hands of a baby. But generally, as to your comment, my book was not in disagreement. Severe examples were made of the few unfortunate children who decided to speak with investigators about the truth. Simon had come to Synanon because his teacher, Abraham Maslow, the founder of the Humanistic Movement, of which Synanon was using its lingo, was predicting that Synanon would transform psychotherapy. That for about a period of 7 years most of my friends were ex synanon members. Before moving in, Jollett had always considered his dad a "badass," a "criminal," a "pirate. Further, Yablonsky married a Synanon woman and admitted he felt any attack on Synanon was an attack on her. None of us were hardcore drug addicts. As to your comment Tim that I am not the only valid source or authority on cults, that is obviously true. I immediately sensed he was writing a book in which he was avoiding obtaining information that might challenge his view. no Mr. Vandeman I am not deleting this as it is not as vulgar as the others. The musician also remembers the period with his mother and brother in Oregon, where they went to hide. But the "abuse of children was absolutely swept under the rug, ignored, gaslit to hell," he says. Let alone, 'Okay, here you go stranger I've never met, take care of my kid. Many programs report a high dropout rate with younger adolescents, which is directly related to this factor. Im not pleased about it, a lot of people got hurt and if your part of the Justice system that should bother you. Most program lingo IS Synanon lingo! Also, if a person made that choice sincerely, that person may have a better chance of succeeding in an environment with supporting persons and ex-addicts urging of them on while removing competing problems of how to support themselvessuch as a housing, friends and a job. 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While Synanons bragging of curing drug addiction was far off from reality, its public relations system did promote the concept that drug addiction was not impossible to overcome as many had thought when Synanon was conceived. What is known about the early days, was that the older joiners were more likely to stay than the younger, and its initial opening success per Ofshe reflected that then the current age of entry was 34 or older; they were people who had a strong desire to remove themselves from the demanding regime of an addict/criminal life. Sometimes I think women are more revenge orientated, but it probably still comes down to the individual. Dederich said those who left fell through the open manhole and would post descriptions of their calamities for all to see as a warning if they ever left. The truth is Santa Monica was enforcing a valid zoning prohibition. Barker had been arrested at age 16 for burglary and when he was 18 he was charged with assault and robbery, for which he joined the Army a few days later and then went AWOL. first, you say that many agree with what I wrote and others did not, and as you say, these agreements are expected and that some would be vehemently because of the psychological processes of denial. still, we had not had a good Republican president since Eisenhower. And it was repeated in books by Yablonsky and Endore and unfortunately repeated a decade ago by Janzen. Yes it was a tough nut to crack and in part due to the protection it recieved. But he ruled them out as heretics, not ever once, as did Janzen, do, as Deep Throat suggested to the Watergate investigators: follow the money.. By then only 1000 out of the 12,000 claimed to have entered were there and leaving was defined as failure. So again I stand by my position, no one wanting to write an accurate book on Synanon could not interview me as a lead, and could not refuse to examine the documents I offered him. Jollett, 45, tells PEOPLE about the abuse he and many other children experienced while growing up in the "school" of the infamous Synanon cult. The game and all other methods of forced confessions, real or false to conform, are the essence of Liftons brainwashing. 14-year-old Anthony Haynes died while attending a five-week boot camp operated by the Americas Buffalo Soldiers Re-enactors Association. A Violent, Deadly Cult With Forced Abortions and Shades of Scientology FOLLOW THE LEADER San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images is someone writes a personal attack on me, or anyone else who comments, is deleted. 1 talking about this. I think he recognized, 'Oh, is this one going to become an addict, too? Survivors of Residential Treatment Centers (RTC) WWASP Fighters. But, in the late '70s, the California-based organization became synonymous with violence. Its a calculated risk. Need your help! By 1971 Dederich would submit that while 10 to 12,000 people had gone through Synanon only about 10% stayed free of drugs for as much as 2 years, which was similar to the statistics everyone else concluded, which were the same at Lexington Hospital when Synanon was founded. ), "[Tony] went to rehab at a young age, and I think it scared me," Jollett says. Education website. On June 27, 1990, six weeks after the death of Michelle Sutton, 16-year-old Kristin Chase died at the Challenger wilderness camp in Utah of hyperthermia and dehydration after a 5-mile forced march in 105-degree heat. Hopefully somedaywe get back the candidates like that; but Im not smart enough to suggest how. "Mary Karr likes to say, 'You have to write about difficult relationships with great love.' Its wonderful. The money was too good; parents panicking at the finding of a joint and willing to pay exorbitant amounts of money to anyone with the sales pitch, never quite understanding the tortures and deaths that awaited. And that Susan, is what differentiates us, from other countries where there is no freedom of press. Largely, the squares were people looking for purpose and to be part of something. Facing seven-figure legal judgments, despite ties with the Bush family and Nancy Reagan, it closed in 1993. In 1993, Dr. DuPont testified that the progenitor of Straight was Synanon and that those places which used Synanons methods are called therapeutic communities and that there are two rules for these therapeutic communities: No Sex and No Violence. So in that sense, Synanon contributed to the idea that one could get off addiction. You might call that egotistical, but I felt I had that knowledge because I had engaged so many. But you make many assumptions about me. Aftermaththe Synanon legacy All the civil rights marches, the anti-Vietnam protests, were uniting people of all races. What was it one in 25 days for 2 years? He participated in several missions, and arguably would have lived a better life but for his exposure to Synanon. It was good that Synanon took in minorities, and when Dederich married Betty mixed marriages were not as commonplace as today. The authorities closed it down. For comparisons please get my book Escape: My Life Long War Against Cults. This story Bringing Luis Home September 26, 2022 10. And as the classic 1971 Stanford prison experiment demonstrated, creating situations in which the severe treatment of powerless people is rewarded inevitably yields abuse. I welcome anyones story, questions or facts; the only thing I delete is attacking the messenger; attack facts if you can but I am not going to have gaming on here, get the speaker when you cannot challenge the info. 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