He had beaten me time wise. Matt C. Hoffman there were a lot of people in the early days who left because of the way Dederich was taking it, and its too bad the idea grew out of person with such a tortured past. 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. And thats it for the idea that Synanon played a role in curing drug addiction. Maia wrote: No fewer than 50 programs can trace their treatment philosophy, directly or indirectly, to an anti-drug cult called Synanon. Paul- when Elan closed in April 1 of 2011. standing in line at a supermarketI get it reading the rags past the time. I was not for that idea, because I saw most members as victims. In reality, who was cured depended on how much each wanted it; and that generally holds true in all programs. Worse, they continue today despite strong efforts to expose them. 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. Have a merry. I think he recognized, 'Oh, is this one going to become an addict, too? This program was called MATRIX. Its just simply if your writing a book on the history of an organization and you are aware that someone filed multiple actions against it, and they tried to murder him for it, if you are a journalist you are going to interview that person. 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. 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. For Jollett, experiencing his dad's love was a life-changing experience. Seven years before that trial Goldfarb had written a book calling for prison reform using the Synanon-style therapeutic community. Its a real field day.. 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. One either plays the game and is rewarded with privilege and favorable discharge, or one splits from the program. As messages here seem to disappear and reappear per you request I am repeating it. 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. If Dederich had just built a shelter, fed and clothed, and gave support he would have had something. Im so grateful, thankful & PROUD of everyone who made this happen!!! In other words he would have to reexamine his beliefs and consider possibly his own victimization. Nov 04, 2017 Daina Fanning rated it really liked 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. That Young people were beaten, some in public demonstrations. 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. if you have actual information please, but your tirades will be deleted. Although Synanon was officially shut down in 1991, it had inspired followers to start similar groups that perpetuated Synanons worst principles. The Cedu Schools developed into an industry of sister schools, clones and copy-cats, that are now a multi-million dollar, international and unregulated business., *.*.. A Violent, Deadly Cult With Forced Abortions and Shades of Scientology FOLLOW THE LEADER San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images you say the logic is faulty, but give no example and state why? [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. The methods the religious community used to break down the members are still used in rehab facilities across the United States. "I have nightmares about my son falling down steps, I have nightmares about dropping my daughter. I am very aware of the early philosophies of Synanon. ", "It wasn't like Godfather, it was like Pirates of Penzance," Jollett explains. 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. "All of us started having kids, and I think as parents we were like, 'Holy s---, what? Ultimately, as stated above, Dederich would testify they never knew how to cure a dope fiend and nobody does. Maybe it's the leader's fault. Margo I agree I looked at every branch. I comfort him if he hurts his knee or my daughter when she cries, whatever it is. His motive, which Janzen missed, was the eventual plan to steal all the money. Eventually, the future could only be Orwellian. Now, if it is not very God damn profitable, I would go into another business. Janzen could have had this dissertation, but he was not looking for truth. It is true, we are lied to, propagandized and subject to many attempts to have us all think the same way. "And probing into this world of the traumatized child. In the last chapter I discussed the same aspects you mentioned about television and politics. Bringing Luis Home September 26, 2022 10. A 15-year-old boy died from a staph infection at a Colorado wilderness program. first, you say that many agree with what I wrote and others did not, and as you say, these agreements are expected and that some would be vehemently because of the psychological processes of denial. It is also a story of the unconditional love between 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. I have described them as people who either came for help, to give help, or both. It was bizarre, surreal,and violent it was not a school in any stretch of the imagination. 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.. Yet at the same time, the noise Synanon made did wake up people to the idea, not yet existing, that cure was possible. Link To The Synanon Survivors Group And Future Photo Library 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. 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. Per Dr. Robert J. Lifton, this is what one would expect from any totalitarianism environment after removal. I asked him how he could write a book on Synanon without ever interviewing the person who fought it. 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. 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. 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. When I was first fighting Synanon, however, things were very black and White. That is just a fact. (He considers his dad's partner, Bonnie, his mother. 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. What is this thing that you think you're doing? 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. Congratulations. 1 talking about this. 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. Its a calculated risk. "I am not bound by the rules," Dederich said, according to a 1978 PEOPLE story. 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. You wont be here. Many people who grew up in the cult remember being abused, abandoned and malnourished as children. Sincerely As I said, I would say the same of Janzen. I was inducted in late 1976 at the age of 14. 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. When she finally was rescued by a grandmother, the organization was fortunately wiped out by the resulting civil judgment for damages. Let alone, 'Okay, here you go stranger I've never met, take care of my kid. And that Susan, is what differentiates us, from other countries where there is no freedom of press. If I did not want comments i would not have it set up too comments. 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! Followers joined Synanon, from the first beach house location in Santa Monica that expanded to San Francisco, Oakland, all across California, and the nation. Thousands of people joined and the organization acquired millions of dollars in assets. 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. He also admitted violence could not occur without his approval but he forgot the details due to his stroke. I witnessed a few cow boy ass kickings. Once again, her counselors said that she was faking when she complained. Even if the system had worked, the price was too high free will. *..*.*. Synanon Survivors. 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. If it had ended there, Synanons legacy would be far different and it would probably still be there. Ego had nothing to do with that comment. They didn't know," he says. 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. And yes, there is some bad grammar. Jollett and his older brother Tony were taken from their parents his father a recovered addict and former convict, his mother an anti-government activist from Berkeley when they were just 6 months old. By then only 1000 out of the 12,000 claimed to have entered were there and leaving was defined as failure. You would know that in general I have a higher regard for Synanon people than the public at large. Im rich. Posted by 6 years ago. Nonprofit Organization. Almost all modern day therapeutic communitiesand there are hundreds of themare based on the game. ("There was no soft place to land, there was no one really caring about us," he explains. In October of 1977 press conference Dan Garrett bragged that after beating the shit out of (Dinuba punks teenagers retrieving their car) we told them to tell all their friends this is just a taste of what will happen next time; and that as to the San Francisco punks we put 4 of them in the hospital. He further admitted they ran some cock suckers into a ditch and shaved their heads. About six years ago, though, she began thinking it might be a good idea. 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. In short Straight took a bad treatment modality, made it worse, and then force their young subjects to endure it. Eventually, on the subject of rehabilitation, Ofshe would write, Synanon was the failure thats gave birth to an industry.. And finally, in the end, Synanon legacy is one not only of discrimination, but it became the Ku Klux Klan when it came to its conceived enemies. Further, I wrote that the study of cults is studying a microcosm of the greater society. Some of these programs were in the wilderness, some were high in the Mountains, or in deserts, or per parents trading children and keeping them in locked rooms when they were not in camps many of which were like old time chain gangs this saving cost of shelter and food. Dederich said free choice in the hands of an addict was like a gun in the hands of a baby. 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. Were they all out to get rich at the sadistic treatment of others, or was this end in part of natural consequence of using such a punitive system, as suggested by the Stanford experiment on role playing of prisoners and guards? Every time we let somebody into Synanon we assume an enormous liability and this is done consciously. Synanon was not unique. (He is now sober. Professor David Bellis was one. They appreciated the honesty of the work. The founder, Charles Dederich, ordered his cult followers to divorce and swap partners, with more than 200 couples complying. When I asked if he had studied brainwashing he said he had not. Even when Synanon was given an exemption for cold turkey treatment, Synanon created an illegal clinic and took in persons needing care other than addiction for which it required a license. I informed him that some of the people he interviewed were in fact the ones who participated most in the violence and that he had been lied to. "Then my dad became extremely interested in my life. Oh so very funny. Spare the Rod Healing. I'm going to rise up above all this kind of stuff, and I'm going to take care of everyone. Jollett also healed by opening himself up to therapy, music and, eventually, love. 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. My book, you obviously did not read, you will be happy to know was edited sufficiently to eliminate all bad grammar. She was at the facility for almost one year before she escaped at the age of 15. 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. Kimberly Stafford, the Vision Quest counselor who was driving the supply vehicle, was convicted of careless driving. In one sense it becomes like the question of which came first the chicken or the egg. in the understanding and treatment of adolescents. Any dammed fool who wants to come in and say Id like to live with you and we let them in. And I still do. 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. The effects of this type of interaction upon a fragile self-image and upon later impulse control in the world at large have not been determined. And I think he saw I might be going down that path, too. Today, there are statistics saying women have surpassed men as earners, all of this is good. 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. Those who chose to reject his ideas were removed. 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. And that number was highly inflated by injection of squares and children born to addicts and squares alike. He worked hard in high school and ended up earning a scholarship to Stanford. 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. Straight used Synanons vaginal and anal searches to search for contraband for years even though they never found any. I immediately sensed he was writing a book in which he was avoiding obtaining information that might challenge his view. They made people like Bernie Kolb who I loved very much. I would say probably every decade my views changed, either up or down, but only in small degrees. 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.. Yet by the time Synanon shut down in 1991, its model had already been widely copied. ", After reconnecting with his father, Jollett who didn't understand what a "mother" and "father" were while living in Synanon finally had a loving, real-life dad and mom. One feature of Seed was the Spanking Machine where a childs father must publicly whip his kid before the large peer Group. WebNeed your help! 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. Information from former members of the cult quickly identified two of Synanons Imperial Marines as suspects in the snake-attack. He was so wrong and he refused to write many who studied Synanon came to an opposite conclusion. It was like, 'Nothing ever gets to me. 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. A haunting tale of estrangement, Synanon Kid, is a coming-of-age story of hope, survival, and determination. What is known about the early days, was that the older joiners were more likely to stay than the younger, and its initial opening success per Ofshe reflected that then the current age of entry was 34 or older; they were people who had a strong desire to remove themselves from the demanding regime of an addict/criminal life. Elan made millions and millions of dollars, off of criminal child abuse. I would say some things are not debatable. We were indoctrinated quickly thru fear, humiliation,and the constant threat of physical violence. But, in the late '70s, the California-based organization became synonymous with violence. is a different And in the end, what I presented were facts, i.e., the actual statistics, what happened in the clones and the general consensus of experts that the Synanon system of brainwashing, punishments and humiliations is counterproductive and psychologically dangerous. So lets say you wanted to give the Third Reich some credit, which could be done, what positives can you say about Synanon? The Old Man would testify that he never gave a splitee a single thought from the moment each left. 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. Died of dehydration. A business illiterate, I dont know an invoice from a purchase order or the difference between shipped and delivered. On June 27, 1990, six weeks after the death of Michelle Sutton, 16-year-old Kristin Chase died at the Challenger wilderness camp in Utah of hyperthermia and dehydration after a 5-mile forced march in 105-degree heat. I don't know. 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. Pierce (1977) Synanon. The Synanon organization, initially a drug rehabilitation program, was founded by Charles E. "Chuck" Dederich, Sr., (19131997) in 1958 in Santa Monica, California. By the early 1960s, Synanon had also become an alternative community, attracting people with its emphasis on living a self-examined life, 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. And you quite accurately describe the reason, it was protected. You might call that egotistical, but I felt I had that knowledge because I had engaged so many. Need your help! A scheme that was illegal, it led to arrests in Arizona. Some children were taken to foreign countries, or islands, although foreign countries have done more to stop them than our government. "'Ha, ha! 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. Joe Ricci, the owner, survived the state of Illinois pulling residents out because of the abuse and beat them in court. Thank you again Paul for taking my call back in May of 2011,and for taking an interest in the Elan cult. He participated in several missions, and arguably would have lived a better life but for his exposure to Synanon. Joe was a thug and a gangster, but when a law abiding citizen said so, Joe sued his bank and won ten million dollars. The story of Synanon is how one man took good people and turned them into terrorists. By 1976 the plan to transfer the money to the Dederich family was cemented and implanted. 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. "Our parents weren't bad people, they didn't choose to turn their children into orphans. That did not exist in Synanon, that is what cemented its doom. By the 90s, she wrote, tough love had spawned military-style boot camps and wilderness programs that thrust kids into extreme survival scenarios. A belief system based upon coercive persuasion is expected by all who have studied it to be largely abandoned when the pressures are removed. 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. Paul please post this comment and not the other two thank you sir. 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. But there wont be any room for the kind of people you are now. 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