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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 . The media pointed to me, but there were far many who had joined and fought to protect me as well as expose Synanon. CED had similar protection but blew it when he started ordering attacks and got caught on his tapes. Oh so very funny. Charles was arrested while drunk in 1978 and was barred from any further leadership within the Bellis, citing various sources, found that the success rate in the Synanon imitators was no better than that the dismal statistics of Synanon itself. For comparisons please get my book Escape: My Life Long War Against Cults. Link To The Synanon Survivors Group And Future Photo Library Per Dr. Robert J. Lifton, this is what one would expect from any totalitarianism environment after removal. First, Susan, good to hear from you again. You know ts great fun, to watch that. It was a gift. In 1980, the cult leader received widespread attention when he pleaded no contest to charges of assault and conspiracy to commit murder after he and two other Synanon members attempted to kill Paul Morantz, a lawyer who had successfully sued Synanon, by putting a four-and-a-half foot rattlesnake in his mailbox. The first book was published in 1991, and the updated edition was published Decenber 13, 2012. WebSynanon Survivors 136likes 149followers Posts About Photos Videos More Posts About Photos Videos Synanon Survivors Intro Link To The Synanon Survivors Group And (16) In 1985 psychotherapists Thomas Bratter and Gary Forrest echoed the conclusion of Rachman and Heller and added a caution of their own when they wrote that such a treatment [for self-destructive drug abusers] may not be necessary or appropriate for other treatment populations, i.e. Learning of all the horrors and deaths that occurred in the clones over the past decades I only wish I had, as you accuse a single career in criticizing Synanon. Glasser, he wrote, found that eighty six of every hundred admissions to a large residential program terminated themselves against the advise of staff with most terminating within the first 30 days. 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. By the mid-80s Straight was operating in seven states. After 30 years of pondering, I came full circle and realized that sociologist Richard Ofshe had analyzed it right from the start. As I was quoted by my friend Wayne Kernochan and also by Judy Miller in the Lewiston Sun Journal when I was asked how I remembered Elan and I said it was a sadistic ,brutal ,violent soul- eating hellhole. Spare the Rod Healing. Further, it is foolish to treat all persons in the same manner. While Dederich suggested to world nothing in the game was to be taken seriously, he would admit in deposition in 1979 and 1981 that in operating Synanon, he did not give direct orders, but would inject everything he wanted members to do in a Synanon game or by his dialogue at Think Tables. 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. What you write is not experience of all. 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. Once the population bought that, Dederich had complete power by threat of expulsion which he continually exercised out right or by squeezes.. So, as stated, when Dederich also admitted his notions were intended on each occasion to drive people out, so only the fanatical remained, and he profited by the resulting lowering cost, he was in fact knowingly in his view sacrificing former addicts to untimely ends for profit. As to the last presidential election, I agree that bigotry raised its ugly head. The medical examiners office said Haynes died of complications from dehydration and near-drowning dehydration after being made to stand in the sun for up to five hours, the near-drowning from being left in a motel bathtub, where he had been taken to cool him off. The Sunshine Place investigates Synanon through survivors, former members, and more Society & Culture August 10, 2022 Listen to The Sunshine Place Although Synanon was officially shut down in 1991, it had inspired followers to start similar groups that perpetuated Synanons worst principles. 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. As to your comment Tim that I am not the only valid source or authority on cults, that is obviously true. By the 60s the Los Angeles school system had schools (not all) already well integrated and taught anti-bigotry. 1 talking about this. 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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. Out of 1,180 addicts who had entered Synanon in its first five years of operation, only 26 had graduated. And it was repeated in books by Yablonsky and Endore and unfortunately repeated a decade ago by Janzen. That is just a fact. also, to write a good book, you have to think that is what you are doing or it will not be a good book. 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 By 1976 the plan to transfer the money to the Dederich family was cemented and implanted. He was so wrong and he refused to write many who studied Synanon came to an opposite conclusion. Dinosaur Survivors Leave a Reply Cancel reply. While forced to admit the attack on me, there is no mention of Phil Ritter or Eidson, etc., in his book, Rise and Fall of Synanon (which was same working title I had) rather a statement that the media exaggerated the violence and that there was no violence inside Synanon. *, As with The Seed, at Straight abuse was omnipresentincluding beatings and kidnapping of adult participants. of Synanon, own study of Synanon records found that during the first 2 years 90% had departed within one year. While I cop to an ego in this area, my comments to Janzen had nothing to do with it. Shomeister. For author Mikel Jollett, the frontman for the indie band The Airborne Toxic Event, his book is a "primal scream.". At least three dozen teens have died in these programs, often because staff see medical complaints as malingering. 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. Yet it was from this that the miracle was proclaimed. As messages here seem to disappear and reappear per you request I am repeating it. 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. I use a voice recognizing system and then I have to go back and edit many times. The main reason in stopping in 2000 was a telephone call from Rod Janzen asking to confirm the date I was bit by the Snake. One feature of Seed was the Spanking Machine where a childs father must publicly whip his kid before the large peer Group. For more than a decade, a Tucson nonprofit drug-treatment center We were indoctrinated quickly thru fear, humiliation,and the constant threat of physical violence. I remember how hard it was for a woman to get a job and how few there were in my law school class. The methods the religious community used to break down the members are still used in rehab facilities across the United States. NIH had even started its own experimental synanon at the federal lockup hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. That's our job, to love this [child] fiercely and protect it. Today as it is known that alcoholic recovery has a 40% success rate with no treatment at all; it is doubtful AA can surpass that. The bad publicity led some supporters, Melvin and Betty Sembler of The Seed to create a copycat organization under a different name Straight Inc.but employed Du Point as a consultant. 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. Now theres a little room for you now. 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 authorities closed it down. if you have actual information please, but your tirades will be deleted. *..*.*. 9. 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. Posted by 6 years ago. This intrusive, assertive therapeutic style works well for a few clients but may injure many more. Professor Bellis noted that, A number of clients. So lets say you wanted to give the Third Reich some credit, which could be done, what positives can you say about Synanon? Largely, the squares were people looking for purpose and to be part of something. Paul please post this comment and not the other two thank you sir. Its goal was to take it to the context of greater society.I would appreciate you know your feelings. In conclusion, while the notions in Synanon arose out of Dederichs troubled childhood, I dont think all blame is on Synanonsuch systems existed all throughout history. It a very sick place for teen agers,and during my time we were mixed in with adults. Let alone, 'Okay, here you go stranger I've never met, take care of my kid. 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. It was far from being just Synanon. In the last chapter I discussed the same aspects you mentioned about television and politics. 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. Died of dehydration. I am very grateful that you have included in writing your blog about Joe Riccis version or interpetation of Synanon. The reviewer for his section on synanons for prisoners is none other than Dr. Robert DuPont, the second White House Drug Czar and founding director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and who administered a whopping $1.8 million contract to an experimental, start-up synanon for kids-only called The Seed in Fort Lauderdale. Psychiatrist Dr. Judianne Densen-Gerber visited Dr. Ramirez in Puerto Rico and setup her own synanon-based TC in New York City called Odyssey House. In context, my conversation with Rod Janzen, as he certainly knew of me, and if he was a true journalist, he would have had to interview me to follow all leads. Elan generated very large tax revenues for the state of Maine. 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. I stated my views, but I gave statistics and reports to back them, most unfortunate to learn of the great tragedy that have occurred in the clones are all these years. borderline schizophrenic patients, schizoid personalities, and acutely anxious, neurotic adolescents. I just imagined Charles Dederich rolling over in his grave at that news. is a different Unfortunately as I learned what happened in clones and wilderness programs, people not only did not learn from that history, a book like Janzens can help fuel the continuation of its tragedies. one, it was a hard fought battle. 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. I listened to countless game tapes. Thank you again Paul for taking my call back in May of 2011,and for taking an interest in the Elan cult. 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. Many programs report a high dropout rate with younger adolescents, which is directly related to this factor. Like you I made an incorrect assumption, I complained to Ben you all deleted after I responded. Anyway good luck and I hope you found a practice you enjoy. 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. Her alleged crimepetty theft. .relinquish all independence and subjugate themselves to these staff and senior residents, accepting humiliation and total control of their lives even to the extent of accepting complete direction of their sex lives. Brill studied 2,100 admissions to Phoenix House and found a 96% drop out rate, and of the 4% who graduated, 25% had become staff there. That's crazy,'" says Jollett, reflecting back on cult-members giving their children away at 6 months old. 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. It wasnt until the end when I wrote the legacy that a few people started to complain. And he started saying, 'Don't be like me. 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). And it will be edited further. And that Susan, is what differentiates us, from other countries where there is no freedom of press. "Whose fault is it? Its like, its like the story Ive always told you, you know about the warden standing up on the, looking out the window of his office and down in the big yard and saying, Come here, George, watch em theyll all fuck each other pretty soon you know, we, we, we most of the people to come into our house and say I would like to live here and turn out to be very, very real crazy people. Such people probably would be happier in a small environment with given friends, lovers, jobs and a sense of purpose, where most needs are fulfilled. But we are not Communist China, Communist Russia or Germanys Nazis. Paul- when Elan closed in April 1 of 2011. I wrote that cults are just microcosms of greater societies. He was a great man and kind human being. And that you should try to see people the way God sees them. Yes it was a tough nut to crack and in part due to the protection it recieved. I am still not in the same league with Dr. Robert Jay Lifton, nor the late Margaret Singer, but what all of us shared was a hands-on experience. The story of Synanon is how one man took good people and turned them into terrorists. 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. just state that and agree to the group rules!! Children say they were punched, kicked and forced to eat dirt for minor infractions such as failing to stand up straight. But I DO know the culture of Synanon. Sure it maybe closed but it still needs to be investigated in the same fashion that Penn state was investigated. 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. Maia wrote: No fewer than 50 programs can trace their treatment philosophy, directly or indirectly, to an anti-drug cult called Synanon. None of us were hardcore drug addicts. "At that age, my response was to become the super kid. When she finally was rescued by a grandmother, the organization was fortunately wiped out by the resulting civil judgment for damages. You would know that in general I have a higher regard for Synanon people than the public at large. : troubledteens. 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.. It is also a story of the unconditional love between Unlike Janzen, I was not looking for fans from any groups, but to record the knowledge I obtained so it might benefit others, as well as presenting an interesting read. WebSynanon Industries. (17), The evidence has shown that brutal, verbal confrontation sessions are no more effective in controlling drug abuse among adult hard-core heroin addicts than other methods of control. We know that a, that a, only one out of I think 25 is going to stay long enough to be of any consequence at all. WebI run the Synanon Survivors Facebook group and wed love to have to as a member!! 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. But I have certainly seen where the situation is clearly reversed. In addition, group practice becomes an anti-therapeutic factor with the T.C. I offered them to him but he declined. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. Jollett, then just a little boy, hid to save himself. Sincerely You can also see a shorter version of my career on Wikipedia if you do not wish to buy the book. In what ways are we just wrong? And that was great. 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! Podcast. This is especially true when punishment is viewed as a healing process. In my book Synanon was only one chapter. Ramirez set up the synanon-based Phoenix House which hired former Synanite Ted Dibble to manage one of its centers. So in that sense, Synanon contributed to the idea that one could get off addiction. 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. In the introduction I asked the question was Charles Dederich just another sociopath who rose to power or was he a Jedi Knight seduced by the Dark Side. In law, lawyers too much use the technique of attacking opposing counsel when they cannot attack the facts. Others who completed the program were absorbed into the organization as low-paid or voluntary staff limited to walking around money. Communist Russia was safer with freedom taken away. Order from Amazon, XHTML: You can use these tags:

. That is, she was forced to run in the summer sun until she collapsed, and then she was left laying in the hot sun until she died. . But I also concluded that Synanon would always be dangerous because of the nature of the Synanon game. Over the years as I wrote c. upon chapter of Synanon history, I have mainly received nothing but great comments from people. You would make Wes Fager proud, I am sure, sadly he is no longer with us. The leader, Chuck Dederich, decided we wouldn't have parents, and then we just didn't.". Margo I agree I looked at every branch. Justice For Our Angels. Today, there are statistics saying women have surpassed men as earners, all of this is good. The autopsy report stated that he died from a perforated ulcer, but that is only the tip of the iceberg. "Our parents weren't bad people, they didn't choose to turn their children into orphans. Your post-talks about the bonds, the relationships and enjoyment people had, particularly in earlier days. Joe Ricci, the owner, survived the state of Illinois pulling residents out because of the abuse and beat them in court. no Mr. Vandeman I am not deleting this as it is not as vulgar as the others. It did make news. The musician also remembers the period with his mother and brother in Oregon, where they went to hide. In 1974, Congress opened an investigation into such behavior-modification programs, finding that The Seed had used methods similar to the highly refined brainwashing techniques employed by the North Koreans. A 15-year-old boy died from a staph infection at a Colorado wilderness program. Thats the nature of our business. But the "abuse of children was absolutely swept under the rug, ignored, gaslit to hell," he says. '", After Tony went to rehab, their dad quit his job to be home with them and cooked dinner every night. It gives an unvarnished accounting of the psychopath Joe Ricci who founded the Elan Corporation. Worse, when others, like Dr. Casriel, who formed Daytop, decided to use the Synanon approach modified, they did not understand the effect of age and desire in the Synanon flashes of success and further the danger of its approach as described by Simon and Friedenberg. This was written before he joined. Synanon just wasnt that big enough to be an influence. And while it may be true that economics was a motivation, economics are part of the motivation for everyone on these issues. Its first example, naturally, as failure, was Synanon, and like Synanon, its clones became the darlings of the media and politicians in election years. Im not pleased about it, a lot of people got hurt and if your part of the Justice system that should bother you. For Jollett, experiencing his dad's love was a life-changing experience. No one will be mad at you. 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. 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. WebSynanon was a religous community. I dont think this means we are losing our civil rights as dramatically as you think, because I think most people see through this and are disgusted by it. 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. So I went through it again to tried to erase that ambiguity and I hope you are happier with it. In my opinion Elan operated as a continueing criminal enterprise for close to forty years. A few, but very few have gone out and made it. But Farve had the money so he could be self indulgent. Others were taken below or in barns to be beaten. But he was tapped for his past violent tendencies and unleashed like Russell Crowe in L. He wrote that many ex-members said that one day there would be a scandal and Dederich would run off with all the money. What is mysterious about this? A recovering alcoholic named Art Barker in 1970 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and run almost entirely by kids for kids. Before moving in, Jollett had always considered his dad a "badass," a "criminal," a "pirate. Synanon Industries August 23, 2022 2. Worse, they continue today despite strong efforts to expose them. I was forced to watch twenty men and women beat a 14 year old girl in what we called a, Cowboy Ass kicking, for ten to twenty minutes. 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. 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. I immediately sensed he was writing a book in which he was avoiding obtaining information that might challenge his view. The truth is Santa Monica was enforcing a valid zoning prohibition. They must be lies because you cant live with any other thoughts. **, Guy Endores book, Synanon, noted ex-members very early complained that Dederich had forced out the original Board of Directors and replaced them with hand picked trained seals. You say it is unscientific nonsense, but prove that any of the statistics and studies were not accurate or that the events that took place in the clones did not happen. 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