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. We were indoctrinated quickly thru fear, humiliation,and the constant threat of physical violence. 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. And the grant had been administered by the founding director of NIDA who also happened to be the second White House Drug Czar-Robert DuPont. I have it. 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. A few, but very few have gone out and made it. Even if the system had worked, the price was too high free will. And that Susan, is what differentiates us, from other countries where there is no freedom of press. But their position was based on incomplete data, in Janzen s case that was intentional. 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. He became the one to blame, he was the angry one. The group ultimately became a cult called the Church of Synanon in the 1970s. Synanon disbanded in 1991 [6] due to members being convicted of criminal activities (including attempted murder) and retroactive loss of its tax-exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) due to financial misdeeds, destruction of evidence, and terrorism. [7] That's crazy,'" says Jollett, reflecting back on cult-members giving their children away at 6 months old. Forty four years later, with Joe dead and Elan closed down survivors are still searching for someone in a position of authority to admit that what happened there was abuse. I suppose if they werent why Id have to find another business. Synanon Industries August 23, 2022 2. 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. All throughout history when the same mix occurs so do the same results. Her alleged crimepetty theft. 5 years from now we wont need people like you.. The example story might be that of Joe Musico and Lance Kenton. It was also capable of controling the floor show when ever there was an investigation, during these times Elan became a large weird hotel lobby, albeit briefly, while investigators simply saw our blank faces. Every time we let somebody into Synanon we assume an enormous liability and this is done consciously. 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. 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. "Mary Karr likes to say, 'You have to write about difficult relationships with great love.' Per Dr. Robert J. Lifton, this is what one would expect from any totalitarianism environment after removal. 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. 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. AA, as Synanon did, says one must participate in AA for life and have a religious belief in AA 12 steps. "Our parents weren't bad people, they didn't choose to turn their children into orphans. Zones are designed to separate business from residential, etc. So is the eventual years later reverting to a longing for the days of comrades and cause. ), "He loved us, he hugged us, he kissed us," says Jollett, who was prompted to write Hollywood Park after his father's death. Any dammed fool who wants to come in and say Id like to live with you and we let them in. The entirety of my writings say the same thing. Maybe it's the leader's fault. Straight used Synanons vaginal and anal searches to search for contraband for years even though they never found any. "I have nightmares about my son falling down steps, I have nightmares about dropping my daughter. Ultimately, as stated above, Dederich would testify they never knew how to cure a dope fiend and nobody does. But I DO know the culture of Synanon. The real origins of the Cedu schools remained hidden from the students, their parents and much of the staff until years after their graduation or departure. Before moving in, Jollett had always considered his dad a "badass," a "criminal," a "pirate. One feature of Seed was the Spanking Machine where a childs father must publicly whip his kid before the large peer Group. 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. 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. Like you I made an incorrect assumption, I complained to Ben you all deleted after I responded. **, 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. Please buy the book. 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. Both AA and Synanon provided this insight, but unfortunately each bounded its members with an ideology and demand to never quit the organizations. Synanon added the game and other systems of punishment to compel compliance that would be copied by many sociopaths seeking riches, as discussed below, and lead to horrors to the participants in the clones that exceeded what occurred in Synanon. Once again, her counselors said that she was faking when she complained. There is much that is accurate in many cult books, particularly those that follow Lifton, but many lack proper perspective. Simon did not follow his own warnings, and after being destroyed in a Synanon game, and then befriended by Dederich, never left, became the keeper of the flame and ultimately went to prison for participation in a scheme to destroy evidence concerning Synanons violent conspiracy. And I think he saw I might be going down that path, too. You think I didnt experience Synanon, but I did. For those, as stated above, there is no doubt Synanon served as Ofshe stated, a realistic shelter while they got their act together. Im so grateful, thankful & PROUD of everyone who made this happen!!! Aftermaththe Synanon legacy Dederich in the early days would not release statistics claiming that a dope fiend would identify with whatever percentage failed and therefore would not come; finally declaring in 1967 it was such a failure that no one should ever leave. Its goal was to take it to the context of greater society.I would appreciate you know your feelings. "At that age, my response was to become the super kid. A haunting tale of estrangement, Synanon Kid, is a coming-of-age story of hope, survival, and determination. Dawnne Takeuchi, 18, was killed when she was thrown from a semi-truck near Pagosa Springs, Colorado, in June 1994. They also had to fight for attention from the few loving adults who monitored them, Jollett explains. (He considers his dad's partner, Bonnie, his mother. The monster that now existed had to be stopped. Yet by the time Synanon shut down in 1991, its model had already been widely copied. Kimberly Stafford, the Vision Quest counselor who was driving the supply vehicle, was convicted of careless driving. Synanon was a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center and movement-turned-cult in California that existed from 1958 to 1991. Do you realize that over 80 people were attacked? 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. (He is now sober. Many entrepreneurs, previously excluded from the lucrative drug rehabilitation trade because of lack of a medical degree, have opened their own second, third, and fourth generation synanon-type therapeutic communities. (c) Nov. 2012. Not only did the system drive people out, Dederich eventually admitted it was designed for that purpose. He told me he was completing a book on Synanon. when the uniqueness of adolescent psychological development is not understood and incorporated into clinical practice. you say the logic is faulty, but give no example and state why? Synanons punitive system of verbal attacks and humiliation was counterproductive and drove out most that entered. : troubledteens. But we are not Communist China, Communist Russia or Germanys Nazis. But these ideals were short lived. While a credit to Dederichs foresight, it also unfortunately was a feature of his harmful megalomania. Maybe it's one of the things about human nature, that isolated power corrupts people. 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. This is especially true when punishment is viewed as a healing process. Ofshe who had been allowed inside Synanon to study it contacted Dave Mitchell in 1978 to ask if he was serious about investigating Synanon because violence could not occur randomly under Synanons controls and can only occur at direction of management (later admitted by Dederich at deposition). . Over the years as I wrote c. upon chapter of Synanon history, I have mainly received nothing but great comments from people. They didn't know," he says. Both are real experiences, but which is more important to learn from. 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. He told me that he had interviewed Synanon people and examined the UCLA records. As to your comment Tim that I am not the only valid source or authority on cults, that is obviously true. As I wrote the youth did not buy in as did the parents, you sound like one of them. And that was great. I would say some things are not debatable. 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.. Correcting Claire Clarks Recovery Revolution, Book Escape: My Life Long War Against Cults. TTI Survivor - Leviah Rose. The musician also remembers the period with his mother and brother in Oregon, where they went to hide. A belief system based upon coercive persuasion is expected by all who have studied it to be largely abandoned when the pressures are removed. He also admitted violence could not occur without his approval but he forgot the details due to his stroke. 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. 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. It quotes statements I did not make but Dederich did. Anybody. Justice For Our Angels. Your comments is like talking about Nazi tea parties and trains running on time while someone else is talking about the Holocaust. 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. Professor David Bellis was one. Survivors of Residential Treatment Centers (RTC) WWASP Fighters. 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. If you want to really learn of how the inner controls were, you can contact me to get his depositions. Anyway good luck and I hope you found a practice you enjoy. Im not pleased about it, a lot of people got hurt and if your part of the Justice system that should bother you. Its wonderful. But generally, as to your comment, my book was not in disagreement. But I believe there are important messages in its history I was drivin not to let Janzen alter it. Most program lingo IS Synanon lingo! borderline schizophrenic patients, schizoid personalities, and acutely anxious, neurotic adolescents. 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. 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. This is not a criticism of that policy; but just the fact that it was insignificant in relation to the civil rights movement which was raging in the 60s and pushed by the Kennedys, Martin Luther King, and many black actors and athletes and my generation that marched and died in name of civil rights. 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. This was Synanon had its worse, andit is not permitted here. The truth is Santa Monica was enforcing a valid zoning prohibition. Eventually, the future could only be Orwellian. By clicking Accept All Cookies, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyze site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts. In the early days of Synanon, the Posted by 6 years ago. They must be lies because you cant live with any other thoughts. Prove that all the Synanon documents directing kidnappings, beatings and murder did not exist. What you write is not experience of all. Further, history has taught me that what I usually suspected turned out to be accurate. 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. Since I alone have the records (UCLA has only what Synanon chose to give it) I felt obligated. 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. There were countless communes and entities much larger that took in people of all races. Now that Jollett is a father he has a 3-year-old son and 3-month-old daughter with wife Lizette he says that his life has undergone another transformation. No one will be mad at you. I was being sincere. is a different 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. 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. 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. (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. 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. Fatherhood has made him more cognizant of how much trauma he experienced as a child, as it has for other former Synanon kids who have become parents. Children say they were punched, kicked and forced to eat dirt for minor infractions such as failing to stand up straight. by I find I edit better after I posted and edited this one about 5 times so far. His family claims his pleas for help were ignored. 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. . "In the case of my brother, he became the scapegoat. Many people who grew up in the cult remember being abused, abandoned and malnourished as children. Oh so very funny. gave a grant to a Florida organization called The Seed, which applied Synanons methods to teenagers, even to those only suspected of trying drugs . 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. 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. 479 members Join group About this group Anybody who's been touched by The SYNANON Cult as well as anybody who's suffered ANY TTI programs or institutional abuse youre welcome, as well See more Private Copyright Paul Morantz. I had never been arrested nor done drugs. I use a voice recognizing system and then I have to go back and edit many times. The robber barons cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience., *..*.*. In what ways are we just wrong? Rogers had been referring to the dangers involved with a kid participating in a typical Synanon Game with 11 people yelling at him, where he could fight back verbally, where he could leave if he chose, and where there was no physical violence. For many academics, it is reviewing writing of others. Oaks and Spokes. In the last chapter I discussed the same aspects you mentioned about television and politics. 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.. Others were taken below or in barns to be beaten. 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. 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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