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. As a key distinction between comparing Synanon to America, those in Synanon who tried to warn or criticize were shut down and shoved out. It was only after the invasion of Iraq and discovery that the administration dangerously burned a spy to get even with for Sen. husband who wrote the administration had no evidence of Iraq weapons of mass destruction when it created a greater attack than 911 itself, that journalist took back their mandate to look for the truth and present that truth the country. And that number was highly inflated by injection of squares and children born to addicts and squares alike. Today, there are statistics saying women have surpassed men as earners, all of this is good. But these ideals were short lived. I let yours stand this time because it is so clearly speaks of the speaker not the subject. The methods the religious community used to break down the members are still used in rehab facilities across the United States. The example story might be that of Joe Musico and Lance Kenton. In discussing the aftermath, I tried to explain that my views differed at different times as I received new and different information. "He was just this big, masculine, Italian, strong guy that loved his boys. How all of this occurred is set forth in the first book So Fair a House by Dr. Casriel. Whether a small town, island or, commune, they have a better chance for a part of the American dream than if on their own in the big city. 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. A. Confidential. Ordered by the court out of Synanon, he returned to a life of crime and was murdered. ", Jollett continued to struggle with past traumas as a young teen and adult. But he was tapped for his past violent tendencies and unleashed like Russell Crowe in L. Im not pleased about it, a lot of people got hurt and if your part of the Justice system that should bother you. Good luck. All throughout history when the same mix occurs so do the same results. If I did not want comments i would not have it set up too comments. A business illiterate, I dont know an invoice from a purchase order or the difference between shipped and delivered. Posted by 6 years ago. He had the addicts psychologically tested and found Synanon did not change people internallythat they were still antisocial. "Sometimes I think about this book as this primal scream, this assertion: 'This happened. Today, troubled-teen programs use Synanon-like tactics, advertising themselves to parents as solutions for everything from poor study habits to substance misuse. But he ruled them out as heretics, not ever once, as did Janzen, do, as Deep Throat suggested to the Watergate investigators: follow the money.. He was constantly accused of being a malingerer and faking it when he complained of being sick and unable to go on. Yet by the time Synanon shut down in 1991, its model had already been widely copied. He would want to know the reasons that motivated me, if he was in search for the truth. For readers, Hollywood Park is a powerful memoir about one man's journey after he escapes a violent cult as a child. 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. The monster that now existed had to be stopped. 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. I'm going to rise up above all this kind of stuff, and I'm going to take care of everyone. The leader, Chuck Dederich, decided we wouldn't have parents, and then we just didn't.". Jollett believes the violence to which adults were subjected has received widespread attention. 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. Joe was a thug and a gangster, but when a law abiding citizen said so, Joe sued his bank and won ten million dollars. Out of 1,180 addicts who had entered Synanon in its first five years of operation, only 26 had graduated. (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. Synanons advertising of its few success stories was so convincing that many professionals like New York psychiatrist Dan Casriel had become convinced of the Games efficacy. Per Ofshe, Dr. Elizabeth Missakian, former Pres. Copyright Paul Morantz. 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. Need your help! 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. "'Ha, ha! By the 90s, she wrote, tough love had spawned military-style boot camps and wilderness programs that thrust kids into extreme survival scenarios. Or a person could just stop. In Is This A Camp Or Jail? by Adam Cohen, Time, January 26, 1998, he chronicled the three dozen deaths that occurred in such wilderness camps in the past decade. 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. 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. If CED had that kind of protection, he would have died a king.. I immediately sensed he was writing a book in which he was avoiding obtaining information that might challenge his view. He wrote that many ex-members said that one day there would be a scandal and Dederich would run off with all the money. 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. Also true, is that my ego places me in my eyes in a higher position than others. is a different And it will be edited further. But I DO know the culture of Synanon. Kenton, through no fault of his own, was placed in the Synanon school by square musician parents and at age 18 became the youngest member of the Imperial Marines. 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. borderline schizophrenic patients, schizoid personalities, and acutely anxious, neurotic adolescents. Sells noted in 1976 that, The more strict the program the lower the percentage of clients retained in the [TC] program..Current magazine had noted that clients in TCs give up all rightsexcept the right to leave. . And he told of the case of one TC therapist who forced female clients to perform fellatio on him while he talked on the phone to their probation officers., *..**. Its a real field day.. 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. Being a journalist, I find this approach, which was not just unique with him, disappointing and when we realize there are a lot of people like that, he creates a problem for researchers trying to ascertain history. Link To The Synanon Survivors Group And Future Photo Library 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. But it is mans nature to flock together and unfortunately war with each other. *..**. Hitler did great things for Germany, but it would be wrong to use them to assert we should all think of it as Spring Time for Hitler, as Janzen did of Dederich. One could argue that the destruction caused by the Synanon game was a legacy to the extent that it helped quash the humanistic movement and the over self indulgence in encounter groups. Straights attorney for that trial was a prominent Washington, DC civil liberties lawyer named Ronald Goldfarb. "Our parents weren't bad people, they didn't choose to turn their children into orphans. As for women, I cant purport to be an expert, but having lived through the 60s Revolution and womens rights I do have my observations. WebJan 2010 - Present13 years 2 months United States Im a CEDU Survivor who created & runs the Synanon Survivors Group on Facebook. 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. This intrusive, assertive therapeutic style works well for a few clients but may injure many more. Professor Bellis noted that, A number of clients. 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! No doubt their belief in Synanon was so strong that they had a good influence on others, but unfortunately they were also subjected to the Synanon system which from the early days warned of the enemy at the door (which Dederich eventually confessed at deposition he made up to bond followers), and later declared that you could never go home or contact outsiders. If you look at your post, you will see you bring up matters which were brought up in the entirety of my text and there is little difference. I use a voice recognizing system and then I have to go back and edit many times. (Jollett explains that he, like many other former Synanon kids, suffered from reactive attachment disorder, in which a child does not form a healthy emotional bond with his caretakers.). In law, lawyers too much use the technique of attacking opposing counsel when they cannot attack the facts. A few, but very few have gone out and made it. And while it may be true that economics was a motivation, economics are part of the motivation for everyone on these issues. It is also a story of the unconditional love between One feature of Seed was the Spanking Machine where a childs father must publicly whip his kid before the large peer Group. 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. And it was repeated in books by Yablonsky and Endore and unfortunately repeated a decade ago by Janzen. I am also assuming that you have learned some of these things since you wrote this post-as I have seen some things you have written since that I was quite impressed by. I delete only the crazies refuse to present any argument, rebuttal facts or evidence that anything stated was not true; but just a statement that anyone who would think that or write such facts belongs in a nut house. 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. Margo I agree I looked at every branch. For comparisons please get my book Escape: My Life Long War Against Cults. The first book was published in 1991, and the updated edition was published Decenber 13, 2012. when the uniqueness of adolescent psychological development is not understood and incorporated into clinical practice. 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. But that dwindled as the joiners became younger and Dederich turned his attention to using the media and Hollywood to produce a flow of persons, goods and services to develop by 1976 over $30 million in assets and the start of large salaries and bonuses. Society would have to catch up with Dederich on his ideas of dieting, exercise, and no smoking. gave a grant to a Florida organization called The Seed, which applied Synanons methods to teenagers, even to those only suspected of trying drugs . Dawnne Takeuchi, 18, was killed when she was thrown from a semi-truck near Pagosa Springs, Colorado, in June 1994. . 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. 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. His motive, which Janzen missed, was the eventual plan to steal all the money. And that Susan, is what differentiates us, from other countries where there is no freedom of press. 1 talking about this. At least three dozen teens have died in these programs, often because staff see medical complaints as malingering. In one sense it becomes like the question of which came first the chicken or the egg. 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. Vision Quests leader was convicted of smuggling cocaine. Comments here are for input, questions, and providing of facts. . 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 while because it was so small, its influence in non-publicized areas is doubtful. And he started saying, 'Don't be like me. 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. In the early days of Synanon, the 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. The autopsy report stated that he died from a perforated ulcer, but that is only the tip of the iceberg. So is the eventual years later reverting to a longing for the days of comrades and cause. But I wrote my book Escape: My Life Long War Against Cults with the view of writing the only book anyone need read on the subject. Worse, they continue today despite strong efforts to expose them. And furthermore, the National Institutes of Health (NIDAs parent) had funded the first Synanon copy-cat program in NYC called Daytop Lodge. Since I had as friends, people like Bernie Kolb and Ben Parks, who went from long-term addictions to long time great human beings, I concluded something there must have worked. 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. 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. Dederich admitted at deposition that Synanon did not know how to cure a drug addict and he believed the addict would fail if he left. Oaks and Spokes. It gives an unvarnished accounting of the psychopath Joe Ricci who founded the Elan Corporation. 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. And I really try to do that," Jollett says. But you make many assumptions about me. Kids were assaulted and restrained without cause and all the rest. Synanons most important legacy was to fulfill sociologist Edgar Freidenberg prediction after reading Yablonskys book that the organization was punitive, brainwashed and would ultimately create a dangerous state of mind. The evil was he boasted that they would cut off any charity that did not do as Synanon told them to do. also, to write a good book, you have to think that is what you are doing or it will not be a good book. Synanon was discredited in the late 1970s and 1980s as its violent record was exposed. Simon had come to Synanon because his teacher, Abraham Maslow, the founder of the Humanistic Movement, of which Synanon was using its lingo, was predicting that Synanon would transform psychotherapy. Those who chose to reject his ideas were removed. (Joe Ricci was a former Daytop student who went on to found his own program for troubled youth in Maine called Elansee below.) The problem of these programs was it was believed it was justified to use any means, denying human and civil rights and treating people who didnt need treatment; all this done without any proof that behavior modification programs ever worked. 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. 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. I comfort him if he hurts his knee or my daughter when she cries, whatever it is. Also Santa Monica acted because Synanon did not have a license to treat anyone. Some people, whether from genes or experiences, or combinations thereof, just are not capable of living a good life on their own. 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. Rose Lena Cole was court ordered to Syanon by a juvenile court judge in 1972 for running away from home. 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.. This story Simon, also using the Lifton model, concluded there was a danger in observing Synanon through participation because one could be caught up in the brainwashing. The experiences with the original population of adult addicts still pervade the thinking and functioning of most T.C.s. Please buy the book. I offered them to him but he declined. Synanon and Enthusiastic Sobriety Enthusiastic Sobriety Abuse Alliance Synanon and Enthusiastic Sobriety A conversation with David Cherry. It just seems monstrous.". Maybe it's one of the things about human nature, that isolated power corrupts people. 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. Margo, you say you are a successful attorney. Now theres a little room for you now. Correcting Claire Clarks Recovery Revolution, Book Escape: My Life Long War Against Cults. Suggest reading the fall of series. Ms Szalavitz wrote there are hundreds of emotional growth boarding schools, wilderness camps, and tough love anti-drug programs that make up the billion-dollar teen residential treatment industry. In 1964 a New Jersey Drug Study Commission opted not to give Synanon any funding after reviewing rehabilitation statistics supplied by Synanon Foundation. 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. This is especially true when punishment is viewed as a healing process. The media pointed to me, but there were far many who had joined and fought to protect me as well as expose Synanon. Even if the system had worked, the price was too high free will. Looking back, I think my brother was appropriately angry with the adults.". He was so wrong and he refused to write many who studied Synanon came to an opposite conclusion. Any dammed fool who wants to come in and say Id like to live with you and we let them in. At his death bed, Maslow finally denounced the Human Potential Movement. As I said, for years I basically hung out with former members. And they didn't do that.". 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. 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. 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. He had beaten me time wise. It reasoned that success stories generally had little to do with the programs themselves. "All of us started having kids, and I think as parents we were like, 'Holy s---, what? just state that and agree to the group rules!! 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. I'm not doing that. Matt C. Hoffman We were indoctrinated quickly thru fear, humiliation,and the constant threat of physical violence. Before moving in, Jollett had always considered his dad a "badass," a "criminal," a "pirate. [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.. Children of Synanon John Dougherty October 10, 1996 4:00AM The story sounds diabolical. Over the years as I wrote c. upon chapter of Synanon history, I have mainly received nothing but great comments from people. 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. ), "You put stress on a family, unpredictable things happen, and children tend to take on different roles," Jollett says. In reality, who was cured depended on how much each wanted it; and that generally holds true in all programs. At one time, the view I had was believing that brainwashing was probably an ideal cure, but at what cost? 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. For Jollett, experiencing his dad's love was a life-changing experience. The musician also remembers the period with his mother and brother in Oregon, where they went to hide. Early on they selected former Synanite David Deitch to run Daytop but later released him when they claimed he tried to set up a Communist-based political action committee of ex-drug addicts. Jollett, then just a little boy, hid to save himself. you say the logic is faulty, but give no example and state why? But I, its a marvelous business to watch these assholes come in and fall all over themselves and try bite me in the ass. This piece was limited to legacy and was put together through stats, admissions and results in clones. '", After Tony went to rehab, their dad quit his job to be home with them and cooked dinner every night. It cant be denied that Charles Dederich in many instances, while playing Skinner, was ahead of the times with positive ideas. All he knew was that if someone stayed they didnt do drugs. For those, as stated above, there is no doubt Synanon served as Ofshe stated, a realistic shelter while they got their act together. Eventually, on the subject of rehabilitation, Ofshe would write, Synanon was the failure thats gave birth to an industry.. We have a freedom of the press, and when it does its job, and people do theres, there is hope. Totalitarianism societies in the end always end in abuse and a we vs. they war concept. His family claims his pleas for help were ignored. Ego had nothing to do with that comment. 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. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. : troubledteens. 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. It quotes statements I did not make but Dederich did. I am very grateful that you have included in writing your blog about Joe Riccis version or interpetation of Synanon. Dr. Casriel in 1963 reported that of 62 people located of 160 entries, 19 were graduates, while 43 remained inside Synanon. He wrote that, High discipline programs usually employ the confrontive Synanon game-a leaderless group encounter session to create aggressive and provocative interchange, using ridicule, cross examination and hostile attack. 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. It does appear prior post returned and I did respond to you at length. WebSynanon Survivors 136likes 149followers Posts About Photos Videos More Posts About Photos Videos Synanon Survivors Intro Link To The Synanon Survivors Group And Pierce (1977) 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. When he begged to see a doctor, the staff sneered at him and called him a faker and asked him if he were homosexual.. 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. 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. Joe Ricci, the owner, survived the state of Illinois pulling residents out because of the abuse and beat them in court. Rather, the organizations said they worked, so people believed it. (He considers his dad's partner, Bonnie, his mother. "At that age, my response was to become the super kid. TTI Survivor - Leviah Rose. Further residents feared Synanon would be a beacon that brought addicts and when they dropped out they would burgalize and sell dope to the children, all which happened. 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 witnessed a few cow boy ass kickings. CED had similar protection but blew it when he started ordering attacks and got caught on his tapes. When I asked if he had studied brainwashing he said he had not. *, As with The Seed, at Straight abuse was omnipresentincluding beatings and kidnapping of adult participants. The game and all other methods of forced confessions, real or false to conform, are the essence of Liftons brainwashing. It's not good.' He wrote the failure of Yablonsky to see the horror of what he had written raised questions suggesting a lack of humanity in Yablonsky. Straight used Synanons vaginal and anal searches to search for contraband for years even though they never found any. You wont be here. *.*..*. Oh so very funny. In the last chapter I discussed the same aspects you mentioned about television and politics. 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. And I think he saw I might be going down that path, too. This is due, in part, to many Synanites having left to form their own lucrative drug rehabilitation companiesa degree in medicine is not a requirement. 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