As messages here seem to disappear and reappear per you request I am repeating it. According to newspaper articles of the day he has publicly disclosed, Ive smoked pot, popped pills, but none of the hard stuff. Hereceived a degree in psychology from a mail-order company in Florida. Im not pleased about it, a lot of people got hurt and if your part of the Justice system that should bother you. I agree with current views, given the atrocities that have occurred in Synanon clones, but I also still think the idea, discounting the dogma, to have a group of peers encouraging you and available at any time to talk to if you are considering going on a binge and you cannot reach your professional, is good. And just how successful were the Synanon imitators? 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, per Wes Fager, who also noted Dr. Jerome Jaffe stated 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 leave. Fager further noted Bratter 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. Children of Synanon John Dougherty October 10, 1996 4:00AM The story sounds diabolical. Relationships at the school between students and staff seemed to have little formal structure or sense of normal boundary and a students life was always under threat of intense and unpredictable disciplining and punishment. If you look at your post, you will see you bring up matters which were brought up in the entirety of my text and there is little difference. I was taken there by my mother. 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. And while because it was so small, its influence in non-publicized areas is doubtful. Students quickly found themselves in a new, strange, uncomfortable and often frightening world of intense group relationships and heightened, invasive and violent group therapies. By example, as compiled by Dr. Ofshe, in 1961 all Dederich reported was that 70 out of 176 addicts had stayed for 5 days. He was a great man and kind human being. Phoenix House is one of the biggest TCs today. Studies found that Synanons encounter groups could produce lasting psychological harm and that only 10 to 15 percent of the addicts who participated in them recovered. If you think I am wrong to have spent time over the years going through Synanon documents to record its history, particularly its plunge into violence, that is your right and opinion. But nobody, especially Dr. Rogers, ever imagined children sitting in one continuous synanon 12 hours a day, 5 days a week for several yearswith 200 kids screaming and spitting at him, where the child could not verbally defend himself against his indicters, where he would be beaten and physically restrained, and, most importantly, where he could not leavenamely Straight, Inc. In other words Straight took a program that had been designed (and poorly so) to control hard-core adult heroin addicts and used it to control kids who had experimented with pot and alcoholsometimes worse, but sometimes no drugs at all. Education website. Ultimately, as stated above, Dederich would testify they never knew how to cure a dope fiend and nobody does. 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. ), "You put stress on a family, unpredictable things happen, and children tend to take on different roles," Jollett says. This is not limited to addicts. Let alone, 'Okay, here you go stranger I've never met, take care of my kid. S. B. Comments here are for input, questions, and providing of facts. Ego had nothing to do with that comment. '", After Tony went to rehab, their dad quit his job to be home with them and cooked dinner every night. Once again, her counselors said that she was faking when she complained. A few, but very few have gone out and made it. And in end, its Synanons holocaust that is its legacy, particularly since there were so many who predicted it as early as the 60s from nothing more than reading the books written about Synanon. Anybody. In law, lawyers too much use the technique of attacking opposing counsel when they cannot attack the facts. But is there anything worth giving up freedom of thought? Suggest reading the fall of series. He interviewed Richard Ofshe but then without explanation he wrote Ofshes discourses of brainwashing interesting, but not applicable. Elan made millions and millions of dollars, off of criminal child abuse. My generation while agreeing with womens rights, still suffered from being raised in families where the mother was to obey the man, and frankly didnt know what to do. It was good that Synanon took in minorities, and when Dederich married Betty mixed marriages were not as commonplace as today. Many who studied Synanon agreed. He told me he was completing a book on Synanon. '", He continues: "'I'm going to make sure my mom's okay, because she's crying in the room.'". Commonly employed and widely admired in 12-step groups and treatment., The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it., Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. For author Mikel Jollett, the frontman for the indie band The Airborne Toxic Event, his book is a "primal scream.". While it is not unusual for one party not to want the other party to the successful (and government suffers from the two-party system) it did seem that Bible Belt Republicans really were really upset by the idea that a black man was president; and we suffered for it because any plan, reasonable or not, was to be made sure it could not succeed. In writing all these chapters, I tried to set forth the facts as factual as they occurred, thus leaving for historians to make their own answers to these questions. The Sunshine Place investigates Synanon through survivors, former members, and more Society & Culture August 10, 2022 Listen to The Sunshine Place The authorities closed it down. While the abuse in Synanon was bad enough, it pails in comparison to a stream of sociopaths who hijacked the system to become Millionaires through the abuse of children; in some cases even as morally deprived as organizations that kidnap children and sell them for profit. The experiences with the original population of adult addicts still pervade the thinking and functioning of most T.C.s. This is not a criticism of that policy; but just the fact that it was insignificant in relation to the civil rights movement which was raging in the 60s and pushed by the Kennedys, Martin Luther King, and many black actors and athletes and my generation that marched and died in name of civil rights. you might also want to watch Cal. In the book The Tunnel Back Yablonsky, Dederich and another Dr. discuss that the Synanon system is similar to Dr. Liftons discussion of Chinese brainwashing. At his death bed, Maslow finally denounced the Human Potential Movement. Kenton, through no fault of his own, was placed in the Synanon school by square musician parents and at age 18 became the youngest member of the Imperial Marines. Although I think this is waning some now Movies now are once again about heroes and less about femme fatales. Dr. Jerome Jaffe, the first White House Drug Czar, had written the foreward to Dr. Meyers book which had called for caution in the use of synanon-style screaming matches against kids. And while in 1978, he noted, Synanon publicity reported 20,000 people had gone through its doors, they were exiting at even a higher speed. Founded in 1958, Synanon sold itself as a cure for hardcore heroin addicts who could help each other by breaking new initiates with isolation, humiliation, hard labor, and sleep deprivation. At least three dozen teens have died in these programs, often because staff see medical complaints as malingering. But that dwindled as the joiners became younger and Dederich turned his attention to using the media and Hollywood to produce a flow of persons, goods and services to develop by 1976 over $30 million in assets and the start of large salaries and bonuses. Joe Ricci, the owner, survived the state of Illinois pulling residents out because of the abuse and beat them in court. "All of us started having kids, and I think as parents we were like, 'Holy s---, what? He also admitted violence could not occur without his approval but he forgot the details due to his stroke. standing in line at a supermarketI get it reading the rags past the time. I'm going to get up at 5:00, I'm going to feed the rabbits, I'm going to make myself breakfast, I'm going to make myself lunch, I'm going to walk to school. Aftermaththe Synanon legacy Some had warned of the potential dangers of using synanons (game) on adults. Sam Gillette is a books Writer/Reporter for People.com and People Magazine. Some of these programs were in the wilderness, some were high in the Mountains, or in deserts, or per parents trading children and keeping them in locked rooms when they were not in camps many of which were like old time chain gangs this saving cost of shelter and food. We have a freedom of the press, and when it does its job, and people do theres, there is hope. Today, there are statistics saying women have surpassed men as earners, all of this is good. But that questionwhile interestingis really moot; the fact is that while shelter and support is of assistance, the Synanon system based on hate (as stated by Dederich) and punishment was not only a failure but its achievement in publicity, like a Synanon movie starring Ed OBrien, has led to 50 years of horror to countless victims all over the world and continues to do so. Bringing Luis Home September 26, 2022 10. It still such a bracing business that I like to stay in it. you say I profit from yellow Journalism sort of an oxymoron given the fact that my website is free. "In the case of my brother, he became the scapegoat. In contrast, Jollett's goals as a parent are simple. What you write is not experience of all. Died of dehydration. Its a calculated risk. WebSurvivors report physical abuse, exploitation (human trafficking), and several types of psychological torment, including harsh discrimination and LGBTQ+ conversion therapy. 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