Sometimes I think women are more revenge orientated, but it probably still comes down to the individual. Synanons punitive system of verbal attacks and humiliation was counterproductive and drove out most that entered. Naya Arbiter I was inducted in late 1976 at the age of 14. During these group assaults on individual residents in the hot seat, especially newcomers, any castigation and ridicule appear to come from the whole community of clients. Synanon was discredited in the late 1970s and 1980s as its violent record was exposed. Maybe it's one of the things about human nature, that isolated power corrupts people. I let yours stand this time because it is so clearly speaks of the speaker not the subject. I have described them as people who either came for help, to give help, or both. 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. 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. I had gotten your phone number from Ben Parks. Order from Amazon, XHTML: You can use these tags:
. This is not limited to addicts. 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. Dr. Casriel in 1963 reported that of 62 people located of 160 entries, 19 were graduates, while 43 remained inside Synanon. Now, if it is not very God damn profitable, I would go into another business. Over the years as I wrote c. upon chapter of Synanon history, I have mainly received nothing but great comments from people. '", After Tony went to rehab, their dad quit his job to be home with them and cooked dinner every night. 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. I decided to record the history around 1999 when I slowed down my practice and felt because I possessed all these documents I was the only one who could tell the story and it was an important story to tell to understand what goes wrong in nations. Synanon can make its recommendation not to connect, even expel and announce it will not accept the person back; but there is no right to stop contact by never informing the person of attempts being made and giving the person the choice. Further, I wrote that the study of cults is studying a microcosm of the greater society. Further, Yablonsky married a Synanon woman and admitted he felt any attack on Synanon was an attack on her. WebSynanon was a religous community. When they asked me, if an addict enters Synanon, how long will it take? My answer is, If he is lucky, it will take forever.. 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. Casriel teamed up with Father William OBrien to form Daytop Village which today is one of the largest therapeutic communities in the world. There are more successes, like the Rolling Stones Rick Jones, that stemmed from bona fide psychotherapy. Her alleged crimepetty theft. Dinosaur Survivors Leave a Reply Cancel reply. ), "You put stress on a family, unpredictable things happen, and children tend to take on different roles," Jollett says. Synanon and Enthusiastic Sobriety Enthusiastic Sobriety Abuse Alliance Synanon and Enthusiastic Sobriety A conversation with David Cherry. 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. Per Dr. Robert J. Lifton, this is what one would expect from any totalitarianism environment after removal. And in March she went, flying into Georgetown with her family, a few friends, and Jordan Podcast. Further, while brainwashing might be a form of keeping a person from drugs, leaving all decision making to the masters was a recipe for disaster. A popular TV series was based on John Maher, a colorful former Synanite, who formed his own second generation Synanon in San Francisco called The Delancey Street Gang. 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. He told me that he had interviewed Synanon people and examined the UCLA records. When all the litigation finally ended, I had some regret that Synanon had been closed, wondering what it might have evolved into after Dederichs complete removal. You know ts great fun, to watch that. 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. It also provides no real therapy and is the same program for everyone. "'Ha, ha! 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. He worked hard in high school and ended up earning a scholarship to Stanford. Yes it was a tough nut to crack and in part due to the protection it recieved. As stated above, as Dederich believed this, his squeezes and toss outslike old timer Bill Crawford was willfully sentencing one to death for CEDs ego and financial gain. Whatever value Synanon might have had, I believed then, it had been long-lost. Jollett's father, though not in his life in the beginning, emerges as the hero in the book. Watched the documentary Ethel on HBO and compare the public speaking of the Kennedys to the embarrassing debates that took place in the recent election. Also Santa Monica acted because Synanon did not have a license to treat anyone. This is especially true when punishment is viewed as a healing process. Many programs report a high dropout rate with younger adolescents, which is directly related to this factor. For Jollett, experiencing his dad's love was a life-changing experience. 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. 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. 14-year-old Anthony Haynes died while attending a five-week boot camp operated by the Americas Buffalo Soldiers Re-enactors Association. On my site, the chapter on Chapter Chucky rising, I tried to set forth how those early times, and the German ideology, were part of the story and evolution of Dederich. And they didn't do that.". For readers, Hollywood Park is a powerful memoir about one man's journey after he escapes a violent cult as a child. Anyway, you should learn about ones actual career before you make assumptions about it. Originally a nonviolent group, Diedrich created the Imperial Marines to maintain orderwithin and outside of the community. I have countless books of interviews and depositions. .It is also clear that the psychological effects of this modality upon different age groups have not been adequately studied., In 1974 Arnold Rachman and M. Heller warned about using the Game with kids when they wrote: There is a serious shortcoming within the theory and the practice of the T.C. Most program lingo IS Synanon lingo! Many are dead, many are in prison ,and worse many roam the earth as emotional cripples from just having come in contact with Joe Ricci,and his henchmen that helped him run the Elan Corporation. Elan made millions and millions of dollars, off of criminal child abuse. The methods the religious community used to break down the members are still used in rehab facilities across the United States. 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. I wrote that cults are just microcosms of greater societies. 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. Both AA and Synanon provided this insight, but unfortunately each bounded its members with an ideology and demand to never quit the organizations. To me there is good reason why Elan was not on the the map. Jollett also healed by opening himself up to therapy, music and, eventually, love. 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. First, Susan, good to hear from you again. No one will be mad at you. That's our job, to love this [child] fiercely and protect it. They appreciated the honesty of the work. 9. By then only 1000 out of the 12,000 claimed to have entered were there and leaving was defined as failure. A haunting tale of estrangement, Synanon Kid, is a coming-of-age story of hope, survival, and determination. Society would have to catch up with Dederich on his ideas of dieting, exercise, and no smoking. We're going to pillage the town! Rose Lena Cole was court ordered to Syanon by a juvenile court judge in 1972 for running away from home. WebI run the Synanon Survivors Facebook group and wed love to have to as a member!! "And probing into this world of the traumatized child. I was not for that idea, because I saw most members as victims. 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. Janzen could have had this dissertation, but he was not looking for truth. Posted by 6 years ago. But I, its a marvelous business to watch these assholes come in and fall all over themselves and try bite me in the ass. Do you realize that over 80 people were attacked? Maybe if I had written sooner some would still be alive. Elan generated very large tax revenues for the state of Maine. When I asked if he had studied brainwashing he said he had not. In what ways are we just wrong? Another myth perpetrated by old time Synanon members, and apology writers, like Janzen, looking for fans among ex-Synanon members, is that Synanon played a role in civil rights. Poor and, at one point, subsisting mostly off of rabbits they raised and butchered in their backyard, Jollett was unable to process the trauma he'd experienced, according to the book. Im rich. It just seems monstrous.". Mental health service. Others reported in 1973 that the Synanon absorbing members was retention, not rehabilitation, a result found unfortunately in many of the Synanon clones, which Synanon bragged 2,400 existed. 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. Synanon Industries August 23, 2022 2. Anybody. I have the book and am reading it. Kimberly Stafford, the Vision Quest counselor who was driving the supply vehicle, was convicted of careless driving. Rather than a commune wonderfully described by Yablonsky and Janzen as reforming criminals, it made criminals out of non-criminals, and took former reformed criminals to a higher level of criminal violence. Synanons punitive system of verbal attacks and humiliation was counterproductive and drove out most that entered. Spankings with paddles often drew blood and Phil Williams was beaten to death in the ring. 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. The study of cults can teach us the problems of nations. 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. you might also want to watch Cal. We were mentally ill. Chuck Dederich would not only envy the Money Elan made, but the protection they got. 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. The legacy quotes statistics that I did not keep or make, but Synanon did. All he knew was that if someone stayed they didnt do drugs. Further it established shelter and group support could aid those truly wanting to stop. [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. WebSynanon eventually unraveled in a series of assaults and attempted murder. I just imagined Charles Dederich rolling over in his grave at that news. 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. 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. Suggest you get my book on Amazonmy life was not limited to Synanon. Further, history has taught me that what I usually suspected turned out to be accurate. I was also impressed by stories I was told about the early days and when the Synanon website first started it had lot of anger expressed towards Dederich. 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. For us, it was Experience of Contact, thousands of interviews, internal documents, depositions of leaders and a lifelong examination. He would want to know the reasons that motivated me, if he was in search for the truth. So I asked him how he could then discount it and he responded because if it existed, he would have to consider it occurring in religions (he is a Christian and lover of utopian communities) and other groups. And thank you for further documenting the direct connection of where all these horribly abusive re-education brainwashing treatment centers came from, the mother of them all Synanon. when the uniqueness of adolescent psychological development is not understood and incorporated into clinical practice. Professor David Bellis was one. 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. He became the one to blame, he was the angry one. It quotes statements I did not make but Dederich did. As I said, I would say the same of Janzen. In the early days of Synanon, the gave a grant to a Florida organization called The Seed, which applied Synanons methods to teenagers, even to those only suspected of trying drugs . In 1974 Rachman and Heller had noted that many youths had dropped out of TCs because the methods were geared to curing adult addicts. He wrote the failure of Yablonsky to see the horror of what he had written raised questions suggesting a lack of humanity in Yablonsky. 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