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But I DO know the culture of Synanon. As I wrote the youth did not buy in as did the parents, you sound like one of them. 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. It is with Dederich who created the system, a person who in his own words never cared for one single second about any person who left. Some children have been placed for nothing more than marijuana smoking, and some because the programs told the parents unless they gave them the younger kid they would expel the older sibling. He interviewed Richard Ofshe but then without explanation he wrote Ofshes discourses of brainwashing interesting, but not applicable. After all why should they not get paid for all that work? 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. There just a, lots of them down in the Bank of America building in San Francisco, Pacific Union club, various law offices throughout the country, the streets, the ghettos, the penitentiaries. 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.. Eventually in a 1978 tape recording called The Freebees are over Dederich set forth the plan to establish a private corporation, Home Place, Inc. in Arizona which would charge Synanon for rotating people to the new compound to be educated by Dederich and that Synanon would pay the corporation for this, which then would pay salaries to Dederich and his cronies, of which they would pay taxes. 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. Jollett, 45, tells PEOPLE about the abuse he and many other children experienced while growing up in the "school" of the infamous Synanon cult. 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. That did not exist in Synanon, that is what cemented its doom. is probably the most clear and present danger the presidential office ever faced. 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. By the mid-80s Straight was operating in seven states. I think Synanon was one of the most important stories of the 20th-century and leaves us with one of the most documented histories that is worth studying and learning from. Yet by 1968, to justify ending graduation, if Dederich was correct, there was little success in curing addicts. "'Ha, ha! Both are real experiences, but which is more important to learn from. Fourteen-year-old Martin Lee Anderson was murdered within 3 hours of his arrival at a Florida boot camp that was run by the local sheriff, Bay County Sheriff Frank McKeithen, on January 6, 2006. 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. gave a grant to a Florida organization called The Seed, which applied Synanons methods to teenagers, even to those only suspected of trying drugs . 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. Synanons punitive system of verbal attacks and humiliation was counterproductive and drove out most that entered. 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. *. Rocker Mikel Jollett's Memoir on Cult Childhood Is 'Primal Scream' "Then my dad became extremely interested in my life. Have a merry. But is there anything worth giving up freedom of thought? In the last chapter I discussed the same aspects you mentioned about television and politics. 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.. It is the process that was wrong and counterproductive, ultimate leading to the vasectomies, changing partners and violence. Here we go!' When Michelle ran out of water, a counselor told the other hikers not to share, and joked that Michelles parched mouth was so white it looks like youve been eating marshmallows. After complaining she couldnt see, Michelle collapsed and died of dehydration. Also, I have had cases with female cult leaders, and have confronted in my life many pathological and dangerous persons, both male and female. Mental health service. Glasser, he wrote, found that eighty six of every hundred admissions to a large residential program terminated themselves against the advise of staff with most terminating within the first 30 days. Synanon is only one chapter. 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. And of course, this was what was best in early Synanon, i.e., peers to talk to and help if the craving starts; also support when kicking cold turkey, food and a roof. Others were taken below or in barns to be beaten. Bringing Luis Home September 26, 2022 10. but if I missed something please tell me. Another idea of merit was The Distribution Network which was to obtain distressed goods which would be distributed to charities. TTI Survivor - Leviah Rose. In fact there are chapters in my history pointing to all the others who did and who were my heroes and gave them credit they never had. Society would have to catch up with Dederich on his ideas of dieting, exercise, and no smoking. At his death bed, Maslow finally denounced the Human Potential Movement. He told me he was completing a book on Synanon. The monster that now existed had to be stopped. If one thought about it, does one really need to go to a rehab to stop taking pain pills or a little drinking or smoking marijuana; these were and are issues that the medical profession could not fail in guiding if one wanted to quitreducing, changing or eliminating prescriptions. I was being sincere. no Mr. Vandeman I am not deleting this as it is not as vulgar as the others. He became the one to blame, he was the angry one. He wrote that the Synanon experience in playing the game, peers caring for peers without doctors, created a cure for drug addiction. 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? WebSynanon Museum (no password required) Please fill in both the "User ID" and "Password" entries; If you don't have a User Id and Password yet please Click HERE to Sign up: User standing in line at a supermarketI get it reading the rags past the time. (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.). I gave you a ring and was most pleasantly surprised that you answered. I would say probably every decade my views changed, either up or down, but only in small degrees. 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. I had gotten your phone number from Ben Parks. *, As with The Seed, at Straight abuse was omnipresentincluding beatings and kidnapping of adult participants. 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. Tony, always angry as a child, sank into addiction at an early age and went to rehab. The study of cults can teach us the problems of nations. And I still do. I think he recognized, 'Oh, is this one going to become an addict, too? The truth is Santa Monica was enforcing a valid zoning prohibition. The entirety of my writings say the same thing. Following this broadcast, several executives of the NBC network and its corporate chairman allegedly received hundreds of threats from Synanon members and supporters. [31] NBC continued with a series of reports on the Synanon situation on the NBC Nightly News. But that idea was bantered by law enforcement as because of the wire, and the wire logs, knowledge could be proven against all who stayed in support. Order from Amazon, XHTML: You can use these tags:

. Vision Quests leader was convicted of smuggling cocaine. Thats the nature of our business. 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. 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. But Farve had the money so he could be self indulgent. 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. WebSynanon eventually unraveled in a series of assaults and attempted murder. I further told him that UCLA records were selective and I alone had Synanons internal documents which tells another story. **, 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. By example, as compiled by Dr. Ofshe, in 1961 all Dederich reported was that 70 out of 176 addicts had stayed for 5 days. In what ways are we just wrong? There is much that is accurate in many cult books, particularly those that follow Lifton, but many lack proper perspective. You can also see a shorter version of my career on Wikipedia if you do not wish to buy the book. ", Jollett continued to struggle with past traumas as a young teen and adult. One cloneVision Questit has been written had 9 deaths; forced marches, black uniforms in triple-digit temperatures, harsh discipline and a daily diet limited to an apple, a carrot and a bowl of beans, all which were common to these orgs. Seven years before that trial Goldfarb had written a book calling for prison reform using the Synanon-style therapeutic community. That's crazy,'" says Jollett, reflecting back on cult-members giving their children away at 6 months old. As stated, Dederich, himself, admitted at deposition that he created the boogeyman to bond people and keep them from running away. 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. Its like, its like the story Ive always told you, you know about the warden standing up on the, looking out the window of his office and down in the big yard and saying, Come here, George, watch em theyll all fuck each other pretty soon you know, we, we, we most of the people to come into our house and say I would like to live here and turn out to be very, very real crazy people. Maia wrote: No fewer than 50 programs can trace their treatment philosophy, directly or indirectly, to an anti-drug cult called Synanon. So in that sense, Synanon contributed to the idea that one could get off addiction. ", 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. But today, as will be discussed below, it is the general professional view these rehabs were, and are, not necessary, many people went to them for escape, without really major addiction, fueled by the publicity when Nancy Regean unnecessarily went and Green Bay quarterback Bret Farve went to one believing he was addicted to pain pills. if you have actual information please, but your tirades will be deleted. First, Susan, good to hear from you again. For readers, Hollywood Park is a powerful memoir about one man's journey after he escapes a violent cult as a child. in the understanding and treatment of adolescents. They appreciated the honesty of the work. S. B. Before moving in, Jollett had always considered his dad a "badass," a "criminal," a "pirate. He stated he consciously directed the Synanon population through this method. It a very sick place for teen agers,and during my time we were mixed in with adults. Margo I agree I looked at every branch. 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. Elan generated very large tax revenues for the state of Maine. He participated in several missions, and arguably would have lived a better life but for his exposure to Synanon. All throughout history when the same mix occurs so do the same results. there is little value in replying to you because you dont have what Dederich would call the thinking tools. You say there are lies But you dont list them. Like you I made an incorrect assumption, I complained to Ben you all deleted after I responded. The sicker he became, the more he was tormented and tortured by the staff. Synanon Industries August 23, 2022 2. For comparisons please get my book Escape: My Life Long War Against Cults. This story 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. When I was first fighting Synanon, however, things were very black and White. You think I didnt experience Synanon, but I did. you might also want to watch Cal. 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. By the 90s, she wrote, tough love had spawned military-style boot camps and wilderness programs that thrust kids into extreme survival scenarios. His motive, which Janzen missed, was the eventual plan to steal all the money. If you examine the full context, Janzen avoided anything that might lead him to information contrary to the views he wanted to present. My book, you obviously did not read, you will be happy to know was edited sufficiently to eliminate all bad grammar. In my opinion Elan operated as a continueing criminal enterprise for close to forty years. 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. Both boys had to navigate poverty and abuse, but Jollett's experience was vastly different from his brother's. Children say they were punched, kicked and forced to eat dirt for minor infractions such as failing to stand up straight. Its goal was to take it to the context of greater society.I would appreciate you know your feelings. Let alone, 'Okay, here you go stranger I've never met, take care of my kid. We have a freedom of the press, and when it does its job, and people do theres, there is hope. Anybody. I just imagined Charles Dederich rolling over in his grave at that news. Spare the Rod Healing. "In the case of my brother, he became the scapegoat. We're going to pillage the town! A haunting tale of estrangement, Synanon Kid, is a coming-of-age story of hope, survival, and determination. 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. The Old Man would testify that he never gave a splitee a single thought from the moment each left. 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., ***. Posted by 6 years ago. But I also concluded that Synanon would always be dangerous because of the nature of the Synanon game. 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. 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. Some of the kids when graduated became counselors for cheap wages, and there is probably nothing more vicious than an 18 year-old who was abused and now given the power to abuse. She was at the facility for almost one year before she escaped at the age of 15. Good luck. 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. . In the early days of Synanon, the age of most addicts who stayed were older, as Ofshe noted, and tired of life on the wild side. ! As I said, I would say the same of Janzen. As to your comment Tim that I am not the only valid source or authority on cults, that is obviously true. And that number was highly inflated by injection of squares and children born to addicts and squares alike. 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. Now, if it is not very God damn profitable, I would go into another business. Thank you again Paul for taking my call back in May of 2011,and for taking an interest in the Elan cult. This intrusive, assertive therapeutic style works well for a few clients but may injure many more. Professor Bellis noted that, A number of clients. The authorities closed it down. Oaks and Spokes. 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. 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. 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. I suppose if they werent why Id have to find another business. Neither AA, Synanon, or those that followed, were based on any scientific studies. But he failed to see while controlled and anti-social pathology still existedit awaited release and that many were eager to respond to their old days ways if the message to do good turned to do bad. Janzen could have had this dissertation, but he was not looking for truth. Jollett's father, though not in his life in the beginning, emerges as the hero in the book. In 1966 New York City Mayor John Lindsay hired Puerto Rican psychiatrist Efren Esteban Ramirez to run the citys Addiction Services Agency. It was good that Synanon took in minorities, and when Dederich married Betty mixed marriages were not as commonplace as today. And that Susan, is what differentiates us, from other countries where there is no freedom of press. The damage that has been done to many ,many children is unfathomable. Its first example, naturally, as failure, was Synanon, and like Synanon, its clones became the darlings of the media and politicians in election years. 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. 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. Instead it is led to countless deaths, destruction of lives and still continues today. 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. also, to write a good book, you have to think that is what you are doing or it will not be a good book. 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. But instead he made lab rats out of people. 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. Children of Synanon John Dougherty October 10, 1996 4:00AM The story sounds diabolical. WebI run the Synanon Survivors Facebook group and wed love to have to as a member!! While a credit to Dederichs foresight, it also unfortunately was a feature of his harmful megalomania. I find I edit better after I posted and edited this one about 5 times so far. Jollett believes the violence to which adults were subjected has received widespread attention. I comfort him if he hurts his knee or my daughter when she cries, whatever it is. 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.. Further, I wrote that the study of cults is studying a microcosm of the greater society. one, it was a hard fought battle. As messages here seem to disappear and reappear per you request I am repeating it. Psychiatrist Dr. Judianne Densen-Gerber visited Dr. Ramirez in Puerto Rico and setup her own synanon-based TC in New York City called Odyssey House. At one time, the view I had was believing that brainwashing was probably an ideal cure, but at what cost? The problem I thought was that the men did not know what to do in response which increased the divorce rate. Its wonderful. Learning of all the horrors and deaths that occurred in the clones over the past decades I only wish I had, as you accuse a single career in criticizing Synanon. Synanons punitive system of verbal attacks and humiliation was counterproductive and drove out most that entered. From Musicos past, one can infer antisocial makeup, but when he came to Synanon he was able to function and had acceptance, something he probably could not otherwise obtain. 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. I have it. I talked with you briefly about Elan and of its closing. Sure it maybe closed but it still needs to be investigated in the same fashion that Penn state was investigated. 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. Phoenix House is one of the biggest TCs today. 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. 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. Members were brainwashed, tortured mentally and barred from leaving the communityescaped members were subject to beatings. It just seems monstrous.". 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 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. We were mentally ill. Chuck Dederich would not only envy the Money Elan made, but the protection they got. 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. I'm going to get up at 5:00, I'm going to feed the rabbits, I'm going to make myself breakfast, I'm going to make myself lunch, I'm going to walk to school. Margo, you say you are a successful attorney. 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. .relinquish all independence and subjugate themselves to these staff and senior residents, accepting humiliation and total control of their lives even to the extent of accepting complete direction of their sex lives. They must be lies because you cant live with any other thoughts. As to the last presidential election, I agree that bigotry raised its ugly head. "Whose fault is it? Podcast. This was Synanon had its worse, andit is not permitted here. Although Synanon was officially shut down in 1991, it had inspired followers to start similar groups that perpetuated Synanons worst principles. WebSynanon Survivors is celebrating 4 years!!! While forced to admit the attack on me, there is no mention of Phil Ritter or Eidson, etc., in his book, Rise and Fall of Synanon (which was same working title I had) rather a statement that the media exaggerated the violence and that there was no violence inside Synanon. If I did not want comments i would not have it set up too comments. But it is a calculated risk we take. What is this thing that you think you're doing? If it had ended there, Synanons legacy would be far different and it would probably still be there. As a key distinction between comparing Synanon to America, those in Synanon who tried to warn or criticize were shut down and shoved out. Totalitarianism societies in the end always end in abuse and a we vs. they war concept. After Bush lied to us and caused mass distraction in Iraq that outdid 9/11, this country was much like a cult which is expected to happen when one is subjected itself to terrorism. I have the book and am reading it. Need your help! Dederich said free choice in the hands of an addict was like a gun in the hands of a baby. 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. Once the population bought that, Dederich had complete power by threat of expulsion which he continually exercised out right or by squeezes.. Largely, the squares were people looking for purpose and to be part of something. I remember you saying that you had not heard of Elan, yet you were aware of there being many Synanon spin off treatment centers. What lies did we believe wholeheartedly?". God bless you. Justice For Our Angels. The legacy quotes statistics that I did not keep or make, but Synanon did. He also admitted violence could not occur without his approval but he forgot the details due to his stroke. Copyright Paul Morantz. In one sense it becomes like the question of which came first the chicken or the egg. In terms of drug addiction, thats where it ends. That for about a period of 7 years most of my friends were ex synanon members. Hillary Clinton probably wouldve made a good president, the Alaskan Gov. You would know that in general I have a higher regard for Synanon people than the public at large. 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