God bless you. He also admitted violence could not occur without his approval but he forgot the details due to his stroke. WebSynanon Industries. Synanon was discredited in the late 1970s and 1980s as its violent record was exposed. 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. I comfort him if he hurts his knee or my daughter when she cries, whatever it is. Hillary Clinton probably wouldve made a good president, the Alaskan Gov. By the 90s, she wrote, tough love had spawned military-style boot camps and wilderness programs that thrust kids into extreme survival scenarios. Although Synanon was officially shut down in 1991, it had inspired followers to start similar groups that perpetuated Synanons worst principles. All he knew was that if someone stayed they didnt do drugs. Naya Arbiter *, As with The Seed, at Straight abuse was omnipresentincluding beatings and kidnapping of adult participants. 5 years from now we wont need people like you.. In addition, group practice becomes an anti-therapeutic factor with the T.C. In 1974, Congress opened an investigation into such behavior-modification programs, finding that The Seed had used methods similar to the highly refined brainwashing techniques employed by the North Koreans. I stated my views, but I gave statistics and reports to back them, most unfortunate to learn of the great tragedy that have occurred in the clones are all these years. And yes, there is some bad grammar. By then only 1000 out of the 12,000 claimed to have entered were there and leaving was defined as failure. Nov 04, 2017 Daina Fanning rated it really liked it. A former member of Elan wrote: Elan is best described as a, sadistic, brutal, violent, soul-eating hellhole. At Elan, the Game was transformed into constant screaming and degradation and the physically rough treatment became all day violence. Despite this, despite the warnings of so many other notables, despite Art Barkers total lack of credentials and less than admirable past, The Seed received a $1.8 million U.S. government grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) soon after it opened. 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. Pierce (1977) I use a voice recognizing system and then I have to go back and edit many times. Also true, is that my ego places me in my eyes in a higher position than others. ", It wasn't until the boys moved in with their father a tall, Italian man who awed them with stories about once hiding a shotgun under his trench coat that the once-distant dad became more than just a mythological figure. We were mentally ill. Chuck Dederich would not only envy the Money Elan made, but the protection they got. in the understanding and treatment of adolescents. After all why should they not get paid for all that work? Also Santa Monica acted because Synanon did not have a license to treat anyone. 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. The article listed more; interesting the largest number of abusive clones were in Arizona, where several juvenile probation officers had became visitor/participators in Synanon and recommended Synanon to officials and courts even though Marin County juvenile probation had stopped all sending of kids to Synanon and returning runaways. Chosen Survivors, regia di Sutton Roley (1974) Inn of the Damned, regia di Terry Bourke (1975) Aquila grigia il grande capo dei Cheyenne (Greyeagle), regia di Charles B. TTI Survivor - Leviah Rose. The Sunshine Place investigates Synanon through survivors, former members, and more Society & Culture August 10, 2022 Listen to The Sunshine Place Books have steadily been written stating the same, perhaps the best was Help at Any Cost: How the Troubled-Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids by Ms. Maia Szalavitz. 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. but if I missed something please tell me. In his final letter to his mother, he wrote, They found my weakness and I want to go home.. How all of this occurred is set forth in the first book So Fair a House by Dr. Casriel. In contrast, Jollett's goals as a parent are simple. Paul please post this comment and not the other two thank you sir. Suggest you get my book on Amazonmy life was not limited to Synanon. Some people, whether from genes or experiences, or combinations thereof, just are not capable of living a good life on their own. Shomeister. It was clear, that like Yablonsky, decades prior, he was enamored by Synanon. 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. Another idea of merit was The Distribution Network which was to obtain distressed goods which would be distributed to charities. Elan maybe closed though we as survivors are not finished ,we are still seeking justice, and we demand justice for those that did not survive. 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. 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. Children say they were punched, kicked and forced to eat dirt for minor infractions such as failing to stand up straight. But Farve had the money so he could be self indulgent. A haunting tale of estrangement, Synanon Kid, is a coming-of-age story of hope, survival, and determination. Straight used Synanons vaginal and anal searches to search for contraband for years even though they never found any. 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. In one sense it becomes like the question of which came first the chicken or the egg. You can also see a shorter version of my career on Wikipedia if you do not wish to buy the book. 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. 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. You would also have learned that I have been in the room with many Synanon people countless times. For more than a decade, a Tucson nonprofit drug-treatment center The legacy quotes statistics that I did not keep or make, but Synanon did. Paul Morantz I was taken there by my mother. Also, if a person made that choice sincerely, that person may have a better chance of succeeding in an environment with supporting persons and ex-addicts urging of them on while removing competing problems of how to support themselvessuch as a housing, friends and a job. 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. Have a merry. 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. He had the addicts psychologically tested and found Synanon did not change people internallythat they were still antisocial. Dawnne Takeuchi, 18, was killed when she was thrown from a semi-truck near Pagosa Springs, Colorado, in June 1994. 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. 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. But it is mans nature to flock together and unfortunately war with each other. 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. .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. Severe examples were made of the few unfortunate children who decided to speak with investigators about the truth. Relationships at the school between students and staff seemed to have little formal structure or sense of normal boundary and a students life was always under threat of intense and unpredictable disciplining and punishment. 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. His motive, which Janzen missed, was the eventual plan to steal all the money. 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. Largely, the squares were people looking for purpose and to be part of something. That is why the health department took action in 1977. 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. Professor David Bellis was one. During these group assaults on individual residents in the hot seat, especially newcomers, any castigation and ridicule appear to come from the whole community of clients. WebJan 2010 - Present13 years 2 months United States Im a CEDU Survivor who created & runs the Synanon Survivors Group on Facebook. 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. WebSynanon was a religous community. Researched by Maia Szalavitz for a book in 2006 and for Mother Jones in 2007 she described the clone horrors and traced them back to Synanon. Further, Yablonsky married a Synanon woman and admitted he felt any attack on Synanon was an attack on her. That is not ego. That's our job, to love this [child] fiercely and protect it. I was not for that idea, because I saw most members as victims. One feature of Seed was the Spanking Machine where a childs father must publicly whip his kid before the large peer Group. 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. 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. Dr. Casriel in 1963 reported that of 62 people located of 160 entries, 19 were graduates, while 43 remained inside Synanon. Real crazy people. I listened to countless game tapes. . But he ruled them out as heretics, not ever once, as did Janzen, do, as Deep Throat suggested to the Watergate investigators: follow the money.. Sincerely It does appear prior post returned and I did respond to you at length. Sam Gillette is a books Writer/Reporter for People.com and People Magazine. The experiences with the original population of adult addicts still pervade the thinking and functioning of most T.C.s. So, as stated, when Dederich also admitted his notions were intended on each occasion to drive people out, so only the fanatical remained, and he profited by the resulting lowering cost, he was in fact knowingly in his view sacrificing former addicts to untimely ends for profit. [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. But is there anything worth giving up freedom of thought? 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. Matt C. Hoffman In 1971, the federal government, through he second White House Drug Czar, Robertq L. Dupont, Jr. MD. I suppose if they werent why Id have to find another business. And we sort of took that on, and it's sad because it's not a real portrait of a man, it's a child's imagination of a man. Some had warned of the potential dangers of using synanons (game) on adults. 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 "And probing into this world of the traumatized child. Please buy the book. no Mr. Vandeman I am not deleting this as it is not as vulgar as the others. (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.). 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.. He had beaten me time wise. That for about a period of 7 years most of my friends were ex synanon members. Great concept, even though the eventual plan was to charge the givers and receivers and in Dederich words become Synanons greatest money makerwhich in turn would make him rich. It is the freedom of thought and free speech that gave America the chance to go on and recover from its mistakes. What was it one in 25 days for 2 years? *. Maybe if I had written sooner some would still be alive. I was also impressed by stories I was told about the early days and when the Synanon website first started it had lot of anger expressed towards Dederich. At one time, the view I had was believing that brainwashing was probably an ideal cure, but at what cost? I just imagined Charles Dederich rolling over in his grave at that news. 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., *.*.. He spent 15 years We're going to pillage the town! Synanon Industries August 23, 2022 2. This intrusive, assertive therapeutic style works well for a few clients but may injure many more. Professor Bellis noted that, A number of clients. Worse, they continue today despite strong efforts to expose them. Jollett also healed by opening himself up to therapy, music and, eventually, love. is a different Suggest reading the fall of series. Im rich. 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. "'Ha, ha! Margo, you say you are a successful attorney. 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. And when former clients sued Straight for holding them against their will, Straight pressured parents into letting Straight fight for them for the right to force their kids into treatment with the force of a court order. Jollett believes the violence to which adults were subjected has received widespread attention. The musician also remembers the period with his mother and brother in Oregon, where they went to hide. First, Susan, good to hear from you again. Many who studied Synanon agreed. The truth is Santa Monica was enforcing a valid zoning prohibition. 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. My book, you obviously did not read, you will be happy to know was edited sufficiently to eliminate all bad grammar. (He considers his dad's partner, Bonnie, his mother. Today, there are statistics saying women have surpassed men as earners, all of this is good. Janzen could have had this dissertation, but he was not looking for truth. When he begged to see a doctor, the staff sneered at him and called him a faker and asked him if he were homosexual.. 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. It was good that Synanon took in minorities, and when Dederich married Betty mixed marriages were not as commonplace as today. But, in the late '70s, the California-based organization became synonymous with violence. ***. 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. Its goal was to take it to the context of greater society.I would appreciate you know your feelings. Synanons punitive system of verbal attacks and humiliation was counterproductive and drove out most that entered. Both boys had to navigate poverty and abuse, but Jollett's experience was vastly different from his brother's. As I said, I would say the same of Janzen. If you examine the full context, Janzen avoided anything that might lead him to information contrary to the views he wanted to present. So lets say you wanted to give the Third Reich some credit, which could be done, what positives can you say about Synanon? All throughout history when the same mix occurs so do the same results. Podcast. 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. While a credit to Dederichs foresight, it also unfortunately was a feature of his harmful megalomania. Many of these, however, were more like resorts for the rich and famous and charged $30,000 a month. "Mary Karr likes to say, 'You have to write about difficult relationships with great love.' 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. Aftermaththe Synanon legacy Synanon was a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center and movement-turned-cult in California that existed from 1958 to 1991. Rose Lena Cole was court ordered to Syanon by a juvenile court judge in 1972 for running away from home. Society would have to catch up with Dederich on his ideas of dieting, exercise, and no smoking. It can be found on Amazon. As stated, Dederich, himself, admitted at deposition that he created the boogeyman to bond people and keep them from running away. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. And they didn't do that.". Elan generated very large tax revenues for the state of Maine. '", After Tony went to rehab, their dad quit his job to be home with them and cooked dinner every night. 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. His family claims his pleas for help were ignored. Synanon did not even keep it from the public. Ramirez set up the synanon-based Phoenix House which hired former Synanite Ted Dibble to manage one of its centers. But their position was based on incomplete data, in Janzen s case that was intentional. About six years ago, though, she began thinking it might be a good idea. Thank you again Paul for taking my call back in May of 2011,and for taking an interest in the Elan cult. It quotes statements I did not make but Dederich did. 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. Looking back, I think my brother was appropriately angry with the adults.". It is also a story of the unconditional love between a you might also want to watch Cal. It was like, 'Nothing ever gets to me. As I wrote, starting in 1998, off and on for 3 years; then quitting, starting again in 2009, stopping in 2011 to write the book Escape: My Life Long War Against Cults, and picking up in 2012, that question continued as did the question did Synanon leave any positive legacy along with its revelation that its processes dictated its ultimate outcome and was predictable from the start? borderline schizophrenic patients, schizoid personalities, and acutely anxious, neurotic adolescents. Since I alone have the records (UCLA has only what Synanon chose to give it) I felt obligated. For readers, Hollywood Park is a powerful memoir about one man's journey after he escapes a violent cult as a child. 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. WebSurvivors report physical abuse, exploitation (human trafficking), and several types of psychological torment, including harsh discrimination and LGBTQ+ conversion therapy. It still such a bracing business that I like to stay in it. Whatever value Synanon might have had, I believed then, it had been long-lost. Both are real experiences, but which is more important to learn from. 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. 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? Rocker Mikel Jollett's Memoir on Cult Childhood Is 'Primal Scream' Your comments is like talking about Nazi tea parties and trains running on time while someone else is talking about the Holocaust. So is the eventual years later reverting to a longing for the days of comrades and cause. Vision Quests leader was convicted of smuggling cocaine. ! Many programs report a high dropout rate with younger adolescents, which is directly related to this factor. 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. Its first example, naturally, as failure, was Synanon, and like Synanon, its clones became the darlings of the media and politicians in election years. . 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. 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. 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. WebNeed your help! Yet by the time Synanon shut down in 1991, its model had already been widely copied. A. Confidential. Ordered by the court out of Synanon, he returned to a life of crime and was murdered. 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. The Old Man would testify that he never gave a splitee a single thought from the moment each left. If you have a complaint it is with Yablonsky and Janzen who had no understanding of the Synanon system. We have a freedom of the press, and when it does its job, and people do theres, there is hope. The methods the religious community used to break down the members are still used in rehab facilities across the United States. 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. The game and all other methods of forced confessions, real or false to conform, are the essence of Liftons brainwashing. 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. Synanon is only one chapter. Need your help! By the mid-80s Straight was operating in seven states. As such they were just like the many other children born into the cult. It is true, we are lied to, propagandized and subject to many attempts to have us all think the same way. And it is no wonder that almost everywhere Synanon went, Dederich picked a location that was out of zone in which he knew they would be kicked out of, allowing him to claim outrage and obtain sympathy and donations. He interviewed Richard Ofshe but then without explanation he wrote Ofshes discourses of brainwashing interesting, but not applicable. I would say some things are not debatable. In the book The Tunnel Back Yablonsky, Dederich and another Dr. discuss that the Synanon system is similar to Dr. Liftons discussion of Chinese brainwashing. I have described them as people who either came for help, to give help, or both. In reality, who was cured depended on how much each wanted it; and that generally holds true in all programs. 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. 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. 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. A Violent, Deadly Cult With Forced Abortions and Shades of Scientology FOLLOW THE LEADER San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images He worked hard in high school and ended up earning a scholarship to Stanford. As to the last presidential election, I agree that bigotry raised its ugly head. ("There was no soft place to land, there was no one really caring about us," he explains. 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