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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. Per Ofshe, Dr. Elizabeth Missakian, former Pres. Copyright Paul Morantz. Synanon and Enthusiastic Sobriety Enthusiastic Sobriety Abuse Alliance Synanon and Enthusiastic Sobriety A conversation with David Cherry. By 1976 the plan to transfer the money to the Dederich family was cemented and implanted. when I was growing up I thought world would be a better place if women were in control. I further told him that UCLA records were selective and I alone had Synanons internal documents which tells another story. They also had to fight for attention from the few loving adults who monitored them, Jollett explains. Dawnne Takeuchi, 18, was killed when she was thrown from a semi-truck near Pagosa Springs, Colorado, in June 1994. Both are real experiences, but which is more important to learn from. That did not exist in Synanon, that is what cemented its doom. Further it established shelter and group support could aid those truly wanting to stop. We let, we let crazy people into the door and we dont discriminate. For us, it was Experience of Contact, thousands of interviews, internal documents, depositions of leaders and a lifelong examination. That for about a period of 7 years most of my friends were ex synanon members. when the uniqueness of adolescent psychological development is not understood and incorporated into clinical practice. 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. Straights attorney for that trial was a prominent Washington, DC civil liberties lawyer named Ronald Goldfarb. just state that and agree to the group rules!! AA, as Synanon did, says one must participate in AA for life and have a religious belief in AA 12 steps. Sure it maybe closed but it still needs to be investigated in the same fashion that Penn state was investigated. They must be lies because you cant live with any other thoughts. Shomeister. Gina Score, 14, at the state-run juvenile prison camp at Plankinton, South Dakota, 1999 was run to death. Researched by Maia Szalavitz for a book in 2006 and for Mother Jones in 2007 she described the clone horrors and traced them back to Synanon. What was it one in 25 days for 2 years? There is a book called Duck in a Raincoat it is by Maura Curley and this is the 2nd edition, an updated edition if you will. In 1966 New York City Mayor John Lindsay hired Puerto Rican psychiatrist Efren Esteban Ramirez to run the citys Addiction Services Agency. While I cop to an ego in this area, my comments to Janzen had nothing to do with it. If you examine the full context, Janzen avoided anything that might lead him to information contrary to the views he wanted to present. Nov 04, 2017 Daina Fanning rated it really liked it. Professor David Bellis was one. Please buy the book. 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. Once the population bought that, Dederich had complete power by threat of expulsion which he continually exercised out right or by squeezes.. Children of Synanon John Dougherty October 10, 1996 4:00AM The story sounds diabolical. WebSynanon Survivors is celebrating 4 years!!! You would know that in general I have a higher regard for Synanon people than the public at large. It just seems monstrous.". As a key distinction between comparing Synanon to America, those in Synanon who tried to warn or criticize were shut down and shoved out. That is why the health department took action in 1977. Its a real field day.. 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. Over the years as I wrote c. upon chapter of Synanon history, I have mainly received nothing but great comments from people. In 1964 a New Jersey Drug Study Commission opted not to give Synanon any funding after reviewing rehabilitation statistics supplied by Synanon Foundation. (He is now sober. Yes it was a tough nut to crack and in part due to the protection it recieved. Perhaps worse, was Dederichs friendship with Caesar Chavez wherein CED convinced Caesar to live like a rich man on La Paz and import the game which led to mutiny and the downfall of the UFW. People had to know its dangers before making choices to support or join. He told me that he had interviewed Synanon people and examined the UCLA records. And that you should try to see people the way God sees them. "All of us started having kids, and I think as parents we were like, 'Holy s---, what? Vision Quests leader was convicted of smuggling cocaine. my last chapter in my book did just exactly what you asked which was put my what you call myscholarly talents on the American cult. By the 60s the Los Angeles school system had schools (not all) already well integrated and taught anti-bigotry. borderline schizophrenic patients, schizoid personalities, and acutely anxious, neurotic adolescents. But, in the late '70s, the California-based organization became synonymous with violence. The same result was stated by Steve Simon in his Harvard dissertation only in much more elaborate detail. Studies found that Synanons encounter groups could produce lasting psychological harm and that only 10 to 15 percent of the addicts who participated in them recovered. if you have actual information please, but your tirades will be deleted. Sincerely I talked with you briefly about Elan and of its closing. (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. Comments here are for input, questions, and providing of facts. *..**. He also forced women to have abortions and almost 200 men had vasectomies after Dederich forbade any more children. "He was just this big, masculine, Italian, strong guy that loved his boys. In Maias book it is described one woman was not even allowed to leave a teen rehab after she turned 18, the organization threatening her mother to toss out her younger child if the mother took the older one back. 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. 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. 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. One feature of Seed was the Spanking Machine where a childs father must publicly whip his kid before the large peer Group. Others were taken below or in barns to be beaten. Paul- when Elan closed in April 1 of 2011. Yet it was from this that the miracle was proclaimed. . A small portion decided they had enough, and gave too much credit to Synanon and not enough to their own will power. It is the freedom of thought and free speech that gave America the chance to go on and recover from its mistakes. 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. When she finally was rescued by a grandmother, the organization was fortunately wiped out by the resulting civil judgment for damages. 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. In other words he would have to reexamine his beliefs and consider possibly his own victimization. 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. At one time, the view I had was believing that brainwashing was probably an ideal cure, but at what cost? Elan generated very large tax revenues for the state of Maine. And while it may be true that economics was a motivation, economics are part of the motivation for everyone on these issues. But I also concluded that Synanon would always be dangerous because of the nature of the Synanon game. . Hillary Clinton probably wouldve made a good president, the Alaskan Gov. It can be found on Amazon. This intrusive, assertive therapeutic style works well for a few clients but may injure many more. Professor Bellis noted that, A number of clients. Today there is argument, but generally it only comes from true believers like Janzen or long time residents who once condemned Synanon, , but now in their old age, as is generally the final stage for victims of brainwashing, per Dr. Lifton, rewrite their memories so each night they are at peace with what they took part in, including, if not outright participating, knowing of the Imperial Marines and all the beatings. CED had similar protection but blew it when he started ordering attacks and got caught on his tapes. Largely, the squares were people looking for purpose and to be part of something. *.*..*. Any dammed fool who wants to come in and say Id like to live with you and we let them in. 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. 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