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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. 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 He told me that he had interviewed Synanon people and examined the UCLA records. Elan generated very large tax revenues for the state of Maine. And while because it was so small, its influence in non-publicized areas is doubtful. I would say some things are not debatable. None of us were hardcore drug addicts. Sidney Poitier did more for race relations in one movie than most of the world combined. 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. Justice For Our Angels. But generally, as to your comment, my book was not in disagreement. 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. (c) Nov. 2012. By 1976 the plan to transfer the money to the Dederich family was cemented and implanted. 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. The evil was he boasted that they would cut off any charity that did not do as Synanon told them to do. He would want to know the reasons that motivated me, if he was in search for the truth. Dr. Jerome Jaffe, the first White House Drug Czar, had written the foreward to Dr. Meyers book which had called for caution in the use of synanon-style screaming matches against kids. 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. Ben had told me you felt I had added more to what you had written and your excellent children study, and when I went back and read it I saw there was ambiguity between when I was quoting you and when I was adding my own additional comment. 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. 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. For those, as stated above, there is no doubt Synanon served as Ofshe stated, a realistic shelter while they got their act together. 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. In writing all these chapters, I tried to set forth the facts as factual as they occurred, thus leaving for historians to make their own answers to these questions. 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. I also believed that Synanons many clones, adding doctors, and other proper variations, had established successful drug rehabilitation. Mental health service. And you quite accurately describe the reason, it was protected. So is the eventual years later reverting to a longing for the days of comrades and cause. Jollett says his feelings were not validated by his mother, who instead relied on him for comfort. ", "It wasn't like Godfather, it was like Pirates of Penzance," Jollett explains. Synanon Industries August 23, 2022 2. Looking back, I think my brother was appropriately angry with the adults.". It was reported between 6000 and 10,000 people lived in Synanon from 1958 to 1968 but apparently only 65 were ever known to have completed the program and elected to graduate to life outside the community. So lets say you wanted to give the Third Reich some credit, which could be done, what positives can you say about Synanon? Hillary Clinton probably wouldve made a good president, the Alaskan Gov. When I asked if he had studied brainwashing he said he had not. Congratulations. *..**. Were you happy with the violence? 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. 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. 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. I further told him that UCLA records were selective and I alone had Synanons internal documents which tells another story. Charles was arrested while drunk in 1978 and was barred from any further leadership within the 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. Professor David Bellis was one. 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. in the understanding and treatment of adolescents. A business illiterate, I dont know an invoice from a purchase order or the difference between shipped and delivered. Also Santa Monica acted because Synanon did not have a license to treat anyone. 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. Dr. Casriel in 1963 reported that of 62 people located of 160 entries, 19 were graduates, while 43 remained inside Synanon. Totalitarianism societies in the end always end in abuse and a we vs. they war concept. Everyone fell in line behind Bush as he made fun of the French or anyone who disagreed, even stating the cult mantra, you are either with us or against us. But when Bush burned a spy to take revenge on a Sen. who spoke out, the media woke up and with it so did the country. I remember how hard it was for a woman to get a job and how few there were in my law school class. By example, as compiled by Dr. Ofshe, in 1961 all Dederich reported was that 70 out of 176 addicts had stayed for 5 days. 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! Pierce (1977) You think I didnt experience Synanon, but I did. 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. 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. 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. You would make Wes Fager proud, I am sure, sadly he is no longer with us. Casriel teamed up with Father William OBrien to form Daytop Village which today is one of the largest therapeutic communities in the world. A small portion decided they had enough, and gave too much credit to Synanon and not enough to their own will power. As I said, for years I basically hung out with former members. It reasoned that success stories generally had little to do with the programs themselves. 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 . WebJan 2010 - Present13 years 2 months United States Im a CEDU Survivor who created & runs the Synanon Survivors Group on Facebook. Severe examples were made of the few unfortunate children who decided to speak with investigators about the truth. 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. 14-year-old Anthony Haynes died while attending a five-week boot camp operated by the Americas Buffalo Soldiers Re-enactors Association. "Sometimes I think about this book as this primal scream, this assertion: 'This happened. "I have nightmares about my son falling down steps, I have nightmares about dropping my daughter. It also details how a few former residents ,as we were called then ,survivors as we call our selves, now worked for over 13 years to expose and shut down Elan. just state that and agree to the group rules!! I offered them to him but he declined. And that was great. Her alleged crimepetty theft. So I went through it again to tried to erase that ambiguity and I hope you are happier with it. Ex-members have no idea how close they all came to being arrested for conspiracy of RICO violations. In 1971, Dederich stated, as Ofshe noted: we want at the idea of graduate. This was a sop to social workers and professionals who wanted me to say that we were producing a graduate. I always wanted to say to them, A person with this fatal disease will have to live here all of his life. I know damn well if they got out of Synanon they are dead. Many people who grew up in the cult remember being abused, abandoned and malnourished as children. 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. Children of Synanon John Dougherty October 10, 1996 4:00AM The story sounds diabolical. 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. Its a real field day.. Others were taken below or in barns to be beaten. I did not delete Susans comment, they disappeared and then reappeared; have happy holidays. Not only did the system drive people out, Dederich eventually admitted it was designed for that purpose. It cant be denied that Charles Dederich in many instances, while playing Skinner, was ahead of the times with positive ideas. The leader, Chuck Dederich, decided we wouldn't have parents, and then we just didn't.". In my opinion Elan operated as a continueing criminal enterprise for close to forty years. 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. Ultimately, as stated above, Dederich would testify they never knew how to cure a dope fiend and nobody does. is someone writes a personal attack on me, or anyone else who comments, is deleted. 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. A haunting tale of estrangement, Synanon Kid, is a coming-of-age story of hope, survival, and determination. The monster that now existed had to be stopped. He had beaten me time wise. To me there is good reason why Elan was not on the the map. But there wont be any room for the kind of people you are now. [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.. 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. He was constantly accused of being a malingerer and faking it when he complained of being sick and unable to go on. Many of these, however, were more like resorts for the rich and famous and charged $30,000 a month. But Farve had the money so he could be self indulgent. If I did not want comments i would not have it set up too comments. And in March she went, flying into Georgetown with her family, a few friends, and Jordan 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. After all why should they not get paid for all that work? 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. TTI Survivor - Leviah Rose. While Synanons bragging of curing drug addiction was far off from reality, its public relations system did promote the concept that drug addiction was not impossible to overcome as many had thought when Synanon was conceived. Need your help! 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. We were mentally ill. Chuck Dederich would not only envy the Money Elan made, but the protection they got. 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. But I believe there are important messages in its history I was drivin not to let Janzen alter it. CED had similar protection but blew it when he started ordering attacks and got caught on his tapes. Vision Quests leader was convicted of smuggling cocaine. ("There was no soft place to land, there was no one really caring about us," he explains. Did you change partners? Synanon Survivors. People had to know its dangers before making choices to support or join. For many academics, it is reviewing writing of others. I'm going to rise up above all this kind of stuff, and I'm going to take care of everyone. And that Susan, is what differentiates us, from other countries where there is no freedom of press. Both are real experiences, but which is more important to learn from. He told me he was completing a book on Synanon. 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It is also a story of the unconditional love between a 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. This was written before he joined. There were countless communes and entities much larger that took in people of all races. 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. For readers, Hollywood Park is a powerful memoir about one man's journey after he escapes a violent cult as a child. A scheme that was illegal, it led to arrests in Arizona. All he knew was that if someone stayed they didnt do drugs. Before moving in, Jollett had always considered his dad a "badass," a "criminal," a "pirate. "Our parents weren't bad people, they didn't choose to turn their children into orphans. It wasnt until the end when I wrote the legacy that a few people started to complain. 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. And I think he saw I might be going down that path, too. 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. That is why the health department took action in 1977. A 15-year-old boy died from a staph infection at a Colorado wilderness program. '", He continues: "'I'm going to make sure my mom's okay, because she's crying in the room.'". 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. 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. Jollett also healed by opening himself up to therapy, music and, eventually, love. 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. 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. Elan was known of using such standards as haircut, pull- up, the game and humiliating signs; but added a boxing ring for resisters to be plummeted by bigger guys until a bloody confession was extracted, regardless of its truth. 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. I remember you saying that you had not heard of Elan, yet you were aware of there being many Synanon spin off treatment centers. But their position was based on incomplete data, in Janzen s case that was intentional. 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., *.*.. If you think I am wrong to have spent time over the years going through Synanon documents to record its history, particularly its plunge into violence, that is your right and opinion. In the early days of Synanon, the And as the classic 1971 Stanford prison experiment demonstrated, creating situations in which the severe treatment of powerless people is rewarded inevitably yields abuse. But these rules had long been eradicated at Synanon the root of todays confrontational-type therapeutic communities. Sam Gillette is a books Writer/Reporter for People.com and People Magazine. Do you realize that over 80 people were attacked? By 1971 Dederich would submit that while 10 to 12,000 people had gone through Synanon only about 10% stayed free of drugs for as much as 2 years, which was similar to the statistics everyone else concluded, which were the same at Lexington Hospital when Synanon was founded. Zones are designed to separate business from residential, etc. Phoenix House is one of the biggest TCs today. 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. Communist Russia was safer with freedom taken away. Free choice is an American ideal, and we sacrifice for it, to preserve it, because as a nation we believe it is our greatest freedom. Once the population bought that, Dederich had complete power by threat of expulsion which he continually exercised out right or by squeezes.. 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. While I cop to an ego in this area, my comments to Janzen had nothing to do with it. They also had to fight for attention from the few loving adults who monitored them, Jollett explains. WebSynanon Survivors 136likes 149followers Posts About Photos Videos More Posts About Photos Videos Synanon Survivors Intro Link To The Synanon Survivors Group And 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. 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. Died of dehydration. It was a gift. The Hammer Podcast. Perhaps worse, was Dederichs friendship with Caesar Chavez wherein CED convinced Caesar to live like a rich man on La Paz and import the game which led to mutiny and the downfall of the UFW. Oh so very funny. ), "You put stress on a family, unpredictable things happen, and children tend to take on different roles," Jollett says. The musician also remembers the period with his mother and brother in Oregon, where they went to hide. Its wonderful. 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. Naya Arbiter But we are not Communist China, Communist Russia or Germanys Nazis. lawyer magazine paul Morantz on you tube. A Violent, Deadly Cult With Forced Abortions and Shades of Scientology FOLLOW THE LEADER San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images 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. Rather, the organizations said they worked, so people believed it. Nonprofit Organization. I had never been arrested nor done drugs. The experiences with the original population of adult addicts still pervade the thinking and functioning of most T.C.s. 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. The game and all other methods of forced confessions, real or false to conform, are the essence of Liftons brainwashing. 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. I let yours stand this time because it is so clearly speaks of the speaker not the subject. And thats it for the idea that Synanon played a role in curing drug addiction. TimI didnt say I was the only one to fight Synanon. It is the freedom of thought and free speech that gave America the chance to go on and recover from its mistakes. But I have certainly seen where the situation is clearly reversed. I was taken there by my mother. A few, but very few have gone out and made it. In my book Synanon was only one chapter. 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. 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. The medical examiners office said Haynes died of complications from dehydration and near-drowning dehydration after being made to stand in the sun for up to five hours, the near-drowning from being left in a motel bathtub, where he had been taken to cool him off. Correcting Claire Clarks Recovery Revolution, Book Escape: My Life Long War Against Cults. 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. WebSynanon was a religous community. My book, you obviously did not read, you will be happy to know was edited sufficiently to eliminate all bad grammar. By the mid-80s Straight was operating in seven states. it would take a few generations for this to work out. "'Ha, ha! What lies did we believe wholeheartedly?". In addition, group practice becomes an anti-therapeutic factor with the T.C. : troubledteens. In 1964 a New Jersey Drug Study Commission opted not to give Synanon any funding after reviewing rehabilitation statistics supplied by Synanon Foundation. They made people like Bernie Kolb who I loved very much. As stated, Dederich, himself, admitted at deposition that he created the boogeyman to bond people and keep them from running away. 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