Largely, the squares were people looking for purpose and to be part of something. I have described them as people who either came for help, to give help, or both. His family claims his pleas for help were ignored. The experiences with the original population of adult addicts still pervade the thinking and functioning of most T.C.s. I have countless books of interviews and depositions. you say the logic is faulty, but give no example and state why? 479 members Join group About this group Anybody who's been touched by The SYNANON Cult as well as anybody who's suffered ANY TTI programs or institutional abuse youre welcome, as well See more Private ! First touted as a rehabilitation center for addicts when it was founded in 1958, Synanon helped thousands get sober and amassed $30 million or more in assets. Jollett's father, though not in his life in the beginning, emerges as the hero in the book. There is likely truth that allowing contact with past relationships might lure someone to leave or want to get high, but that is the persons choice. The Old Man would testify that he never gave a splitee a single thought from the moment each left. We were beaten for the slightest infractions of the rules. The methods the religious community used to break down the members are still used in rehab facilities across the United States. Jollett says his feelings were not validated by his mother, who instead relied on him for comfort. Kids were assaulted and restrained without cause and all the rest. You dont present any facts that they are lies because you have none. We were indoctrinated quickly thru fear, humiliation,and the constant threat of physical violence. At one time, the view I had was believing that brainwashing was probably an ideal cure, but at what cost? Simon did not follow his own warnings, and after being destroyed in a Synanon game, and then befriended by Dederich, never left, became the keeper of the flame and ultimately went to prison for participation in a scheme to destroy evidence concerning Synanons violent conspiracy. In what ways are we just wrong? Eventually in a 1978 tape recording called The Freebees are over Dederich set forth the plan to establish a private corporation, Home Place, Inc. in Arizona which would charge Synanon for rotating people to the new compound to be educated by Dederich and that Synanon would pay the corporation for this, which then would pay salaries to Dederich and his cronies, of which they would pay taxes. For those, as stated above, there is no doubt Synanon served as Ofshe stated, a realistic shelter while they got their act together. WebI run the Synanon Survivors Facebook group and wed love to have to as a member!! This piece was limited to legacy and was put together through stats, admissions and results in clones. If you examine the full context, Janzen avoided anything that might lead him to information contrary to the views he wanted to present. I was not for that idea, because I saw most members as victims. Dr. Casriel in 1963 reported that of 62 people located of 160 entries, 19 were graduates, while 43 remained inside Synanon. Eventually Dr. DuPont left government service and became a paid consultant for Straight, which had replaced The Seed after the US Senate likened its methods to North Korean brainwashing. This story It a very sick place for teen agers,and during my time we were mixed in with adults. Many entrepreneurs, previously excluded from the lucrative drug rehabilitation trade because of lack of a medical degree, have opened their own second, third, and fourth generation synanon-type therapeutic communities. But, Ms. Szalavitz writes, the shuttered programs simply changed their names and reopened, often with the same staff, in the same stateeven in the same building. 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. It was like, 'Nothing ever gets to me. Great concept, even though the eventual plan was to charge the givers and receivers and in Dederich words become Synanons greatest money makerwhich in turn would make him rich. In 1974 Rachman and Heller had noted that many youths had dropped out of TCs because the methods were geared to curing adult addicts. as to George Bush, again in my book I said there was no difference between him psychologically and Osama. There were countless communes and entities much larger that took in people of all races. Communist Russia was safer with freedom taken away. Synanon and Enthusiastic Sobriety Enthusiastic Sobriety Abuse Alliance Synanon and Enthusiastic Sobriety A conversation with David Cherry. 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. if you have actual information please, but your tirades will be deleted. The Hammer Podcast. Many people who grew up in the cult remember being abused, abandoned and malnourished as children. I think Synanon was one of the most important stories of the 20th-century and leaves us with one of the most documented histories that is worth studying and learning from. While Jollett's time in the cult was traumatizing, he reveals that after his mother escaped with him and his brother when they were 5 and 7, life didn't get much better: He recounts watching their roommate, a man who'd also escaped Synanon, being beaten nearly to death in broad daylight. I offered the information to Janzen and he didnt want it. And thats it for the idea that Synanon played a role in curing drug addiction. 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. "I became very interested in the idea of buried history, all the ways that we as children were told things that were patently untrue, and that we believed them," says Jollett, whose book will publish on May 26, just after the same-titled album. "And probing into this world of the traumatized child. Both AA and Synanon provided this insight, but unfortunately each bounded its members with an ideology and demand to never quit the organizations. He was constantly accused of being a malingerer and faking it when he complained of being sick and unable to go on. As I said, I would say the same of Janzen. We were mentally ill. Chuck Dederich would not only envy the Money Elan made, but the protection they got. This issue obviously needs further elaboration and research, but there are suggestions that there are age limits below which this form of treatment is contraindicated. Mental health service. If you want to really learn of how the inner controls were, you can contact me to get his depositions. He wrote the failure of Yablonsky to see the horror of what he had written raised questions suggesting a lack of humanity in Yablonsky. Further, it is foolish to treat all persons in the same manner. Its a calculated risk. is a different He stated he consciously directed the Synanon population through this method. Fatherhood has made him more cognizant of how much trauma he experienced as a child, as it has for other former Synanon kids who have become parents. Similarly, there is no evidence that every substance abuser is such for life and can only avoid destruction through one of these programs. The authorities closed it down. Saying his death was caused by cardiac arrest, said Cohen, is really sugar-coating the pill as he was tortured to death and also denied medical treatment. As stated in the Skeptics Dictionary, law enforcement officials, politicians and religious leaders helped push those fearing addiction to what it determined was primarily rackets designed to make money with little regard for human well-being (like Elan and CeDu). If CED had that kind of protection, he would have died a king.. just state that and agree to the group rules!! Sincerely Not only did the system drive people out, Dederich eventually admitted it was designed for that purpose. Have a merry. Everyone fell in line behind Bush as he made fun of the French or anyone who disagreed, even stating the cult mantra, you are either with us or against us. But when Bush burned a spy to take revenge on a Sen. who spoke out, the media woke up and with it so did the country. WebNeed your help! From Musicos past, one can infer antisocial makeup, but when he came to Synanon he was able to function and had acceptance, something he probably could not otherwise obtain. No one will be mad at you. Synanon Survivors. Ben had told me you felt I had added more to what you had written and your excellent children study, and when I went back and read it I saw there was ambiguity between when I was quoting you and when I was adding my own additional comment. WebSurvivors report physical abuse, exploitation (human trafficking), and several types of psychological torment, including harsh discrimination and LGBTQ+ conversion therapy. 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. That did not exist in Synanon, that is what cemented its doom. He noted that the child seemed lost in the rigid hierarchy and confrontation tactics of the program. He wrote: As a clinician I am concerned about the effects of intense, violent verbal interaction upon young teenagers engaged in a sensitive process of identity formation. It does appear prior post returned and I did respond to you at length. Fourteen-year-old Martin Lee Anderson was murdered within 3 hours of his arrival at a Florida boot camp that was run by the local sheriff, Bay County Sheriff Frank McKeithen, on January 6, 2006. The article listed more; interesting the largest number of abusive clones were in Arizona, where several juvenile probation officers had became visitor/participators in Synanon and recommended Synanon to officials and courts even though Marin County juvenile probation had stopped all sending of kids to Synanon and returning runaways. Kimberly Stafford, the Vision Quest counselor who was driving the supply vehicle, was convicted of careless driving. is someone writes a personal attack on me, or anyone else who comments, is deleted. Spankings with paddles often drew blood and Phil Williams was beaten to death in the ring. 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. Your comments is like talking about Nazi tea parties and trains running on time while someone else is talking about the Holocaust. After all why should they not get paid for all that work? A. Confidential. Ordered by the court out of Synanon, he returned to a life of crime and was murdered. Further, I wrote that the study of cults is studying a microcosm of the greater society. 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. We let, we let crazy people into the door and we dont discriminate. It's not good.' My discussion is on the known today dangers of a hatchery (abandonment syndrome) which Susan Richardson wrote about, the psychological affects of attack therapy which can cause psychological damage, including psychotic breaks (which happened at Synanon) and how everyone finally bought into the enemy at the door who were all prejudiced against them and finally reduced Synanon to a state of mind where propaganda ruled over truth, all the ideals were tossed out and a growing comparison to the Manson family was in place. Sometimes I think women are more revenge orientated, but it probably still comes down to the individual. 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. It is with Dederich who created the system, a person who in his own words never cared for one single second about any person who left. Bellis, citing various sources, found that the success rate in the Synanon imitators was no better than that the dismal statistics of Synanon itself. Elan did not offer the same type of tapestry as Synanon and thus probably caused more injury to its members. 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. Elan generated very large tax revenues for the state of Maine. I further told him that UCLA records were selective and I alone had Synanons internal documents which tells another story. What is mysterious about this? Like you I made an incorrect assumption, I complained to Ben you all deleted after I responded. Tony, always angry as a child, sank into addiction at an early age and went to rehab. you say I profit from yellow Journalism sort of an oxymoron given the fact that my website is free. In 1984 a federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia awarded Fred Collins, Jr. $220,000 for being falsely imprisoned at Straight.Inc. But I have certainly seen where the situation is clearly reversed. It also provides no real therapy and is the same program for everyone. In 1971, Dederich stated, as Ofshe noted: we want at the idea of graduate. This was a sop to social workers and professionals who wanted me to say that we were producing a graduate. I always wanted to say to them, A person with this fatal disease will have to live here all of his life. I know damn well if they got out of Synanon they are dead. I responded to him that the media never knew the extent of the actual violence and as far as violence inside Synanon, how many incidents would you like to know about? Later I sent him a copy of the History of Synanon violence with over 80 incidents and he never responded nor did I hear from him again, nor did he ever apologize to the public for writing a book in which he intentionally avoided the actual evidence. ("There was no soft place to land, there was no one really caring about us," he explains. Per Ofshe, Dr. Elizabeth Missakian, former Pres. For us, it was Experience of Contact, thousands of interviews, internal documents, depositions of leaders and a lifelong examination. 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. Arbitrarily, I would say that young persons under 16 years of age should be excluded from these programs and that careful evaluation be given admitting persons between 16 and 18 years of age . I was being sincere. In 1966 New York City Mayor John Lindsay hired Puerto Rican psychiatrist Efren Esteban Ramirez to run the citys Addiction Services Agency. 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. I offered them to him but he declined. "Sometimes I think about this book as this primal scream, this assertion: 'This happened. If one thought about it, does one really need to go to a rehab to stop taking pain pills or a little drinking or smoking marijuana; these were and are issues that the medical profession could not fail in guiding if one wanted to quitreducing, changing or eliminating prescriptions. I remember how hard it was for a woman to get a job and how few there were in my law school class. By 1976 the plan to transfer the money to the Dederich family was cemented and implanted. A haunting tale of estrangement, Synanon Kid, is a coming-of-age story of hope, survival, and determination. Elan maybe closed though we as survivors are not finished ,we are still seeking justice, and we demand justice for those that did not survive. Jollett believes the violence to which adults were subjected has received widespread attention. You know ts great fun, to watch that. "I can't tell you how many times a day I pick up my kid. At his death bed, Maslow finally denounced the Human Potential Movement. 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. The entirety of my writings say the same thing. Real crazy people. The monster that now existed had to be stopped. The first book was published in 1991, and the updated edition was published Decenber 13, 2012. It was bizarre, surreal,and violent it was not a school in any stretch of the imagination. For readers, Hollywood Park is a powerful memoir about one man's journey after he escapes a violent cult as a child. "Whose fault is it? Its first example, naturally, as failure, was Synanon, and like Synanon, its clones became the darlings of the media and politicians in election years. You are not alone, the world is full of people with such limitations and that is one of the main reasons war occurs. Even AA, which similarly indoctrinated a specific dogma the 12 steps is seen as not so successful as promoted and/or a proper therapy to cure alcoholism as it demands a dogmatic conversion and life time attendance that has been proven not necessary. I'll see you in a few weeks for three hours,' Or in some cases, 'I'll see you in six months,' in some cases, five years. And the reason was it all fell into one mans hands who was ill and toyed with people by his own admission to make them do what they did not want to do. Janzen could have had this dissertation, but he was not looking for truth. Some of the kids when graduated became counselors for cheap wages, and there is probably nothing more vicious than an 18 year-old who was abused and now given the power to abuse. ", Jollett continued to struggle with past traumas as a young teen and adult. Dederich in the early days would not release statistics claiming that a dope fiend would identify with whatever percentage failed and therefore would not come; finally declaring in 1967 it was such a failure that no one should ever leave. For more than a decade, a Tucson nonprofit drug-treatment center in the understanding and treatment of adolescents. The sicker he became, the more he was tormented and tortured by the staff. Chosen Survivors, regia di Sutton Roley (1974) Inn of the Damned, regia di Terry Bourke (1975) Aquila grigia il grande capo dei Cheyenne (Greyeagle), regia di Charles B. Im rich. but if I missed something please tell me. Professor David Bellis was one. Rogers had been referring to the dangers involved with a kid participating in a typical Synanon Game with 11 people yelling at him, where he could fight back verbally, where he could leave if he chose, and where there was no physical violence. Im so grateful, thankful & PROUD of everyone who made this happen!!! In addition, group practice becomes an anti-therapeutic factor with the T.C. A few, but very few have gone out and made it. The robber barons cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience., *..*.*. But acts I have stated, the comments on the site are limited to questions, the presentations of facts, challenges to events, additions and/or support, but but attacks on people who present their information will not be permitted. According to Department of I look forward to comments, but those based upon facts, not attacks on the messenger. WebJan 2010 - Present13 years 2 months United States Im a CEDU Survivor who created & runs the Synanon Survivors Group on Facebook. He told me he was completing a book on Synanon. Maybe it's the leader's fault. And while because it was so small, its influence in non-publicized areas is doubtful. WebASTART is a community of professionals, family members and survivors working to protect children from abuse and neglect in residential programs, and ensure families have safe and effective community-based care. 14-year-old Anthony Haynes died while attending a five-week boot camp operated by the Americas Buffalo Soldiers Re-enactors Association. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. How all of this occurred is set forth in the first book So Fair a House by Dr. Casriel. And the grant had been administered by the founding director of NIDA who also happened to be the second White House Drug Czar-Robert DuPont. I listened to countless game tapes. A belief system based upon coercive persuasion is expected by all who have studied it to be largely abandoned when the pressures are removed. NIH had even started its own experimental synanon at the federal lockup hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. So in that sense, Synanon contributed to the idea that one could get off addiction. I would say probably every decade my views changed, either up or down, but only in small degrees. By clicking Accept All Cookies, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyze site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts. Correcting Claire Clarks Recovery Revolution, Book Escape: My Life Long War Against Cults. [Chuck] Dederich [Synanons founder], an exile from A.A., is credited with being the genius behind the TC [therapeutic community] movement and Leon Brill acknowledges in The Clinical Treatment of Substance Abusers that the original therapeutic community directed by ex-addicts was Synanon though others, he writes, such as Daytop Village, Odyssey House and Phoenix House in New York City have used psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and other professionals as part of their staff; in an article for Substance Abuse: Clinical Problems and Perspectives written in 1981, Deitch and Zweben acknowledge that Synanon is the progenitor of the present-day therapeutic communities., As Fager summarized: Almost all modern day therapeutic communitiesand there are hundreds of themare based on synanons. 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. Sure it maybe closed but it still needs to be investigated in the same fashion that Penn state was investigated. It is also a story of the unconditional love between Anybody. In reality, who was cured depended on how much each wanted it; and that generally holds true in all programs. 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. There are more successes, like the Rolling Stones Rick Jones, that stemmed from bona fide psychotherapy. It can be found on Amazon. I suppose if they werent why Id have to find another business. But is there anything worth giving up freedom of thought? 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. When he begged to see a doctor, the staff sneered at him and called him a faker and asked him if he were homosexual.. At the heart of the Cedu program was a philosophy that had grown out of various self-help movements of the 1960s and 70s, such as Lifespring, Werner Erhards EST, and most directly, from Charles E. Dederichs Synanon cult, church, and street-level heroin-cure program. see review. It cant be denied that Charles Dederich in many instances, while playing Skinner, was ahead of the times with positive ideas. Hillary Clinton probably wouldve made a good president, the Alaskan Gov. He found that at Odyssey House only 25% of admissions stay more than 30 days, that the rate is down to 9.7% after six months, 5.6% at 1 year, and 2.8% after 18 months; the programs required length of stay to graduate.. But that idea was bantered by law enforcement as because of the wire, and the wire logs, knowledge could be proven against all who stayed in support. So I went through it again to tried to erase that ambiguity and I hope you are happier with it. [Chuck] Dederich [Synanons founder], an exile from A.A., is credited with being the genius behind the TC [therapeutic community] movement. 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