*, As with The Seed, at Straight abuse was omnipresentincluding beatings and kidnapping of adult participants. S. B. Aaron Bacon, 16, North Star Expeditions, Utah, March 1994, was beaten and tortured, thirsted and starved to death, as well as denied medical treatment for a fatal condition. We let, we let crazy people into the door and we dont discriminate. When I was first fighting Synanon, however, things were very black and White. Sometimes I think women are more revenge orientated, but it probably still comes down to the individual. It was known for communal living, practices such as group "truth-telling" sessions they called "The Game," requiring married couples to split and take new partners and female members to shave their heads. WebSynanon Museum (no password required) Please fill in both the "User ID" and "Password" entries; If you don't have a User Id and Password yet please Click HERE to Sign up: User Joe Ricci, the owner, survived the state of Illinois pulling residents out because of the abuse and beat them in court. Ramirez set up the synanon-based Phoenix House which hired former Synanite Ted Dibble to manage one of its centers. Society would have to catch up with Dederich on his ideas of dieting, exercise, and no smoking. still, we had not had a good Republican president since Eisenhower. 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. Out of 1,180 addicts who had entered Synanon in its first five years of operation, only 26 had graduated. if you have actual information please, but your tirades will be deleted. The leader, Chuck Dederich, decided we wouldn't have parents, and then we just didn't.". Vision Quests leader was convicted of smuggling cocaine. I am very aware of the early philosophies of Synanon. 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. This is especially true when punishment is viewed as a healing process. WebSynanon was a religous community. I suppose if they werent why Id have to find another business. That Young people were beaten, some in public demonstrations. 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. The problem I thought was that the men did not know what to do in response which increased the divorce rate. You would make Wes Fager proud, I am sure, sadly he is no longer with us. also, to write a good book, you have to think that is what you are doing or it will not be a good book. In 1966 New York City Mayor John Lindsay hired Puerto Rican psychiatrist Efren Esteban Ramirez to run the citys Addiction Services Agency. You would know that in general I have a higher regard for Synanon people than the public at large. Unfortunately, came the imitators who sold the idea it was rehabilitative and copied it leading to a much greater list of damaged individuals than Synanon could ever achieve. 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). Paul Morantz Elan did not offer the same type of tapestry as Synanon and thus probably caused more injury to its members. Thats why I wrote the history of Synanon because there is so much to learn. By 1976 the plan to transfer the money to the Dederich family was cemented and implanted. Some children have been placed for nothing more than marijuana smoking, and some because the programs told the parents unless they gave them the younger kid they would expel the older sibling. there were a lot of people in the early days who left because of the way Dederich was taking it, and its too bad the idea grew out of person with such a tortured past. It a very sick place for teen agers,and during my time we were mixed in with adults. Real crazy people. "You just love them up, just squeeze them and kiss them and tell them how much you love them, and think about their needs, and have empathy for them," he says. And as the classic 1971 Stanford prison experiment demonstrated, creating situations in which the severe treatment of powerless people is rewarded inevitably yields abuse. You dont present any facts that they are lies because you have none. First, Susan, good to hear from you again. Books have steadily been written stating the same, perhaps the best was Help at Any Cost: How the Troubled-Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids by Ms. Maia Szalavitz. By the mid-80s Straight was operating in seven states. Maybe it's the leader's fault. Matt C. Hoffman He told me he was completing a book on Synanon. ", Jollett continued to struggle with past traumas as a young teen and adult. It's not good.' Or a person could just stop. Good luck. However, there is little evidence that harsh behavior-modification techniques can solve these problems. But he was tapped for his past violent tendencies and unleashed like Russell Crowe in L. : troubledteens. He interviewed Richard Ofshe but then without explanation he wrote Ofshes discourses of brainwashing interesting, but not applicable. If you examine the full context, Janzen avoided anything that might lead him to information contrary to the views he wanted to present. Dr. Roger Meyer, a professor of psychiatry at Boston University, and formerly the Acting Chief of the Center for Studies of Narcotics and Drug Abuse at NIMH, was one of the first to question the wisdom of subjecting kids to the brutality of the Synanon Game. Sincerely If you have read all my entries you would know I have written about the early philosophies of the early Synanon and how many who incorporated those philosophies because of that when they left came forward to testify because of those philosophies. And just how successful were the Synanon imitators? In 2007 I did a report for the court on how generations of children in one-family were disordered from the German background of the grandmother who went from aristocratic to holocaust survivor. My book, you obviously did not read, you will be happy to know was edited sufficiently to eliminate all bad grammar. Because he had lived for so long surrounded by yes people, he had no understanding how others would see his actions and thus was very open in admitting what he did, including that violence could not happen unless he approved it. "I think the insight for me was I always loved her, she just wasn't very good at loving me. Synanon. The Synanon organization, initially a drug rehabilitation program, was founded by Charles E. "Chuck" Dederich, Sr., (19131997) in 1958 in Santa Monica, California. By the early 1960s, Synanon had also become an alternative community, attracting people with its emphasis on living a self-examined life, In discussing the aftermath, I tried to explain that my views differed at different times as I received new and different information. I just imagined Charles Dederich rolling over in his grave at that news. I find I edit better after I posted and edited this one about 5 times so far. But it is a calculated risk we take. 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. Following this broadcast, several executives of the NBC network and its corporate chairman allegedly received hundreds of threats from Synanon members and supporters. [31] NBC continued with a series of reports on the Synanon situation on the NBC Nightly News. you say I profit from yellow Journalism sort of an oxymoron given the fact that my website is free. *. Information from former members of the cult quickly identified two of Synanons Imperial Marines as suspects in the snake-attack. 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. But we are not Communist China, Communist Russia or Germanys Nazis. And while it may be true that economics was a motivation, economics are part of the motivation for everyone on these issues. Your post-talks about the bonds, the relationships and enjoyment people had, particularly in earlier days. Whatever value Synanon might have had, I believed then, it had been long-lost. Anyway good luck and I hope you found a practice you enjoy. 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. In 1972 he reported on the case of a 12 year old boy who had been admitted, along with older clients, to a second generation Synanon called The Odyssey House in New York City. It is also a story of the unconditional love between a But before I wrote this, there were many before me who wrote the same thing trying to put an end to the warped Synanon system that as Dederich said was based on hate. 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. Childrens deaths in tough love boot camps include: Michelle Sutton, 15, Summit Quest, Utah, 1990. by of Synanon, own study of Synanon records found that during the first 2 years 90% had departed within one year. 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 was taken there by my mother. But you make many assumptions about me. Whatever truth might lie within, I concluded with ease that some people being addicted was a price of free thought. Former Synanite Dr. David Deitch, then a Phoenix House director, has stated, A client must have the choice of leaving treatment, even if the youngster is on probation and the alternative is jail.(19) Richard Ashley wrote in Heroin that, The only power of decision the member retains once he enters a TC is the decision to leave. Dr. Efren Ramirez, founder of Phoenix House, has said that you dont rehabilitate a person against his will.. I have countless books of interviews and depositions. But I, its a marvelous business to watch these assholes come in and fall all over themselves and try bite me in the ass. In 1974 Rachman and Heller had noted that many youths had dropped out of TCs because the methods were geared to curing adult addicts. I look forward to comments, but those based upon facts, not attacks on the messenger. As messages here seem to disappear and reappear per you request I am repeating it. Casriel teamed up with Father William OBrien to form Daytop Village which today is one of the largest therapeutic communities in the world. Rather, the organizations said they worked, so people believed it. You can also see a shorter version of my career on Wikipedia if you do not wish to buy the book. How all of this occurred is set forth in the first book So Fair a House by Dr. Casriel. "I make them.". 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. Let alone, 'Okay, here you go stranger I've never met, take care of my kid. Children say they were punched, kicked and forced to eat dirt for minor infractions such as failing to stand up straight. And thats it for the idea that Synanon played a role in curing drug addiction. Many who studied Synanon agreed. Straight used Synanons vaginal and anal searches to search for contraband for years even though they never found any. Were they all out to get rich at the sadistic treatment of others, or was this end in part of natural consequence of using such a punitive system, as suggested by the Stanford experiment on role playing of prisoners and guards? The study of cults can teach us the problems of nations. Nicholaus Contreraz, 16, died at the Arizona Boys Ranch near Oracle, Arizona, March 2, 1998, of cardiac arrest, after instructors continued to harass him and force him to exercise even though he told them he was sick. And, as stated, many of those who left were purposely ejected or forced out by Dederich squeezes. Indeed, that same year Dederich, in his The Wrath of God speech accused addicts of stabbing him in the back by failing to negotiate an apartment complex purchase, and threatened to get rid of all of them and replace them with squares. Neither AA, Synanon, or those that followed, were based on any scientific studies. "Then my dad became extremely interested in my life. It was like, 'Nothing ever gets to me. [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. I am a Synanon survivor. Order from Amazon, XHTML: You can use these tags:

. We have multiple groups dedicated to ending the TTI (Troubled Teen Industry) as well, that work in conjunction with mine, this is how I discovered this story! And in the end, what I presented were facts, i.e., the actual statistics, what happened in the clones and the general consensus of experts that the Synanon system of brainwashing, punishments and humiliations is counterproductive and psychologically dangerous. 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. WebSynanon eventually unraveled in a series of assaults and attempted murder. It still such a bracing business that I like to stay in it. Even today, some ex Synanon members, including many who had claimed they were harmed and/or were critical upon leaving, have played an on-line version with each other that slowly brought them back into the fold, confessing what others want to hear and afraid to say what they dont. 14-year-old Anthony Haynes died while attending a five-week boot camp operated by the Americas Buffalo Soldiers Re-enactors Association. You know ts great fun, to watch that. Prove that all the Synanon documents directing kidnappings, beatings and murder did not exist. 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. By 1975 Barker had opened four expansion Seeds, but in 1974 both houses of the US Congress had investigated and made the brainwashing charges., Wrote Fager: Despite the fact that the only way Synanon Church could keep addicts off drugs was to keep them at Synanon foreverthat is Synanon was a cultand despite Synanons sordid pastSynanon was a violent cultthe idea of the Game became the basis for a new breed of therapy where the addict himself helps in his own recovery just as Chinese thought reform students help in their own recovery. This intrusive, assertive therapeutic style works well for a few clients but may injure many more. Professor Bellis noted that, A number of clients. I immediately sensed he was writing a book in which he was avoiding obtaining information that might challenge his view. 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. For author Mikel Jollett, the frontman for the indie band The Airborne Toxic Event, his book is a "primal scream.". Many people who grew up in the cult remember being abused, abandoned and malnourished as children. 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. Charles was arrested while drunk in 1978 and was barred from any further leadership within the '", After Tony went to rehab, their dad quit his job to be home with them and cooked dinner every night. Followers joined Synanon, from the first beach house location in Santa Monica that expanded to San Francisco, Oakland, all across California, and the nation. Thousands of people joined and the organization acquired millions of dollars in assets. And that was great. "Sometimes I think about this book as this primal scream, this assertion: 'This happened. The game and all other methods of forced confessions, real or false to conform, are the essence of Liftons brainwashing. In one sense it becomes like the question of which came first the chicken or the egg. Kimberly Stafford, the Vision Quest counselor who was driving the supply vehicle, was convicted of careless driving. 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. Still, to glorify Synanon, as some do, like Yablonsky, Janzen, is to show a lack of humanity and spit in the face of the vast amount of victims of violence in Synanons own holocaust. You would also have learned that I have been in the room with many Synanon people countless times. They covered his mouth with a hand and forced him to inhale ammonia, which caused spasm of his vocal cords and prevented him from being able to inhale. "Mary Karr likes to say, 'You have to write about difficult relationships with great love.' but if I missed something please tell me. 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. 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. *..*.*. 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. 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. CED had similar protection but blew it when he started ordering attacks and got caught on his tapes. A. Confidential. Ordered by the court out of Synanon, he returned to a life of crime and was murdered. Ex-members have no idea how close they all came to being arrested for conspiracy of RICO violations. Dr. Roger Meyer and psychotherapists Thomas Bratter and Gary Forrest warned about using synanons on kids. Maybe if I had written sooner some would still be alive. But these ideals were short lived. [Chuck] Dederich [Synanons founder], an exile from A.A., is credited with being the genius behind the TC [therapeutic community] movement. 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.. Every time we let somebody into Synanon we assume an enormous liability and this is done consciously. Here we are not talking about riding horses, discussing the nature of man, or Emerson, but a reign of terror that was destined and predicted by many in the early 60s due to the Synanon methods of attack therapy, forced confessions, rewards and punishments and brainwashing about enemies. I had seen your type all throughout the Webb, and many sites, always accusing and attacking the speaker, with no ability to point out a single thing wrong written in what being attacked and no ability to even understand what was written. He also forced women to have abortions and almost 200 men had vasectomies after Dederich forbade any more children. Need your help! He spent 15 years Hollywood Park recounts Jollett's life at various stages: an orphaned 5-year-old, a troubled preteen, and an adult trying to find himself in his music. But is there anything worth giving up freedom of thought? It was bizarre, surreal,and violent it was not a school in any stretch of the imagination. They also had to fight for attention from the few loving adults who monitored them, Jollett explains. When Michelle ran out of water, a counselor told the other hikers not to share, and joked that Michelles parched mouth was so white it looks like youve been eating marshmallows. After complaining she couldnt see, Michelle collapsed and died of dehydration. ", It wasn't until the boys moved in with their father a tall, Italian man who awed them with stories about once hiding a shotgun under his trench coat that the once-distant dad became more than just a mythological figure. 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. What is this thing that you think you're doing? It was good that Synanon took in minorities, and when Dederich married Betty mixed marriages were not as commonplace as today. Anyway, you should learn about ones actual career before you make assumptions about it. Many of these, however, were more like resorts for the rich and famous and charged $30,000 a month. "In the case of my brother, he became the scapegoat. And that number was highly inflated by injection of squares and children born to addicts and squares alike. Once the population bought that, Dederich had complete power by threat of expulsion which he continually exercised out right or by squeezes.. Today, there are statistics saying women have surpassed men as earners, all of this is good. As I said in the beginning, my views changed at different times, and it was only upon reading of what happened at the clones was my view finally shaped. He wrote the failure of Yablonsky to see the horror of what he had written raised questions suggesting a lack of humanity in Yablonsky. I was not for that idea, because I saw most members as victims. But it is mans nature to flock together and unfortunately war with each other. Finally, even the founder was not cured, returning to marijuana by 1977 and to an alcoholic stupor in 1978 that led to drunken parties throughout Synanon, as Phil Ritters and my murders were plotted, and the supposedly rehabilitated and reformed celebrated at the news of resulting injuries. After saying staying in Synanon is the addicts only chance for sustained life, in 1976 Dederich said that in 5 years there would be no room for the kind of people you are now. But they have settled now, particularly, as stated below, as I slowly learned the results of so many of the Synanon clones, which resulted in so much death and brutality. Thats the nature of our business. Suggest reading the fall of series. Experience indicates that when these counselors use an especially intrusive, aggressive approach, frequently debasing and harshly confronting clients, they may do more harm than good. He would want to know the reasons that motivated me, if he was in search for the truth. Worse, they continue today despite strong efforts to expose them. 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. ("There was no soft place to land, there was no one really caring about us," he explains. Jollett, then just a little boy, hid to save himself. Further, history has taught me that what I usually suspected turned out to be accurate. Another boy froze to death (given no coat or shelter), and the victims even included former Synanon children who were placed in these camps by parents still believing in the Synanon system. 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