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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. ", 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 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. In 1980, the cult leader received widespread attention when he pleaded no contest to charges of assault and conspiracy to commit murder after he and two other Synanon members attempted to kill Paul Morantz, a lawyer who had successfully sued Synanon, by putting a four-and-a-half foot rattlesnake in his mailbox. "I think the insight for me was I always loved her, she just wasn't very good at loving me. 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. Further it established shelter and group support could aid those truly wanting to stop. I remember you saying that you had not heard of Elan, yet you were aware of there being many Synanon spin off treatment centers. As stated above, as Dederich believed this, his squeezes and toss outslike old timer Bill Crawford was willfully sentencing one to death for CEDs ego and financial gain. 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. 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. you say the logic is faulty, but give no example and state why? Even if the system had worked, the price was too high free will. As to CED I have no clear answer, but certainly his childhood traumas and abandonments were likely to produce pathology. 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. Its first example, naturally, as failure, was Synanon, and like Synanon, its clones became the darlings of the media and politicians in election years. Society would have to catch up with Dederich on his ideas of dieting, exercise, and no smoking. But I also concluded that Synanon would always be dangerous because of the nature of the Synanon game. 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. But he was tapped for his past violent tendencies and unleashed like Russell Crowe in L. The belief that Synanon was a breakthrough, as stated, was mainly because of its public speaking bureau. "'Ha, ha! 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. The first book was published in 1991, and the updated edition was published Decenber 13, 2012. no Mr. Vandeman I am not deleting this as it is not as vulgar as the others. Dr. Roger Meyer, a professor of psychiatry at Boston University, and formerly the Acting Chief of the Center for Studies of Narcotics and Drug Abuse at NIMH, was one of the first to question the wisdom of subjecting kids to the brutality of the Synanon Game. 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. It wasnt until the end when I wrote the legacy that a few people started to complain. 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. And that Susan, is what differentiates us, from other countries where there is no freedom of press. Thats why I wrote the history of Synanon because there is so much to learn. But it is a calculated risk we take. It was good that Synanon took in minorities, and when Dederich married Betty mixed marriages were not as commonplace as today. Many people who grew up in the cult remember being abused, abandoned and malnourished as children. It can be found on Amazon. I would say some things are not debatable. "I make them.". 1 talking about this. But is there anything worth giving up freedom of thought? 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. The problem is, however, is how to ensure they are taken advantage of. (Joe Ricci was a former Daytop student who went on to found his own program for troubled youth in Maine called Elansee below.) Posted by 6 years ago. Now theres a little room for you now. One feature of Seed was the Spanking Machine where a childs father must publicly whip his kid before the large peer Group. And that you should try to see people the way God sees them. 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. is a different In 1971, the federal government, through he second White House Drug Czar, Robertq L. Dupont, Jr. MD. Unfortunately, came the imitators who sold the idea it was rehabilitative and copied it leading to a much greater list of damaged individuals than Synanon could ever achieve. WebSynanon eventually unraveled in a series of assaults and attempted murder. And while it may be true that economics was a motivation, economics are part of the motivation for everyone on these issues. Real crazy people. As stated, Dederich, himself, admitted at deposition that he created the boogeyman to bond people and keep them from running away. It was also capable of controling the floor show when ever there was an investigation, during these times Elan became a large weird hotel lobby, albeit briefly, while investigators simply saw our blank faces. First, Susan, good to hear from you again. 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. 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. If it had ended there, Synanons legacy would be far different and it would probably still be there. Synanon did not even keep it from the public. 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? "Then my dad became extremely interested in my life. 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. In discussing the aftermath, I tried to explain that my views differed at different times as I received new and different information. 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. 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. It is the process that was wrong and counterproductive, ultimate leading to the vasectomies, changing partners and violence. Thats the nature of our business. I just imagined Charles Dederich rolling over in his grave at that news. Although Synanon was officially shut down in 1991, it had inspired followers to start similar groups that perpetuated Synanons worst principles. Justice For Our Angels. Today, troubled-teen programs use Synanon-like tactics, advertising themselves to parents as solutions for everything from poor study habits to substance misuse. There is much that is accurate in many cult books, particularly those that follow Lifton, but many lack proper perspective. Further, I wrote that the study of cults is studying a microcosm of the greater society. 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. 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. The damage that has been done to many ,many children is unfathomable. But nobody, especially Dr. Rogers, ever imagined children sitting in one continuous synanon 12 hours a day, 5 days a week for several yearswith 200 kids screaming and spitting at him, where the child could not verbally defend himself against his indicters, where he would be beaten and physically restrained, and, most importantly, where he could not leavenamely Straight, Inc. In other words Straight took a program that had been designed (and poorly so) to control hard-core adult heroin addicts and used it to control kids who had experimented with pot and alcoholsometimes worse, but sometimes no drugs at all. At least three dozen teens have died in these programs, often because staff see medical complaints as malingering. He had the addicts psychologically tested and found Synanon did not change people internallythat they were still antisocial. By then only 1000 out of the 12,000 claimed to have entered were there and leaving was defined as failure. A haunting tale of estrangement, Synanon Kid, is a coming-of-age story of hope, survival, and determination. Comments here are for input, questions, and providing of facts. A business illiterate, I dont know an invoice from a purchase order or the difference between shipped and delivered. TimI didnt say I was the only one to fight Synanon. I talked with you briefly about Elan and of its closing. Kids were assaulted and restrained without cause and all the rest. 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. It is also a story of the unconditional love between You can also see a shorter version of my career on Wikipedia if you do not wish to buy the book. 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; Dr. Jerome Jaffe 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 leaveBratter 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. Please buy the book. I offered them to him but he declined. They must be lies because you cant live with any other thoughts. 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. It's not good.' 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. Synanons punitive system of verbal attacks and humiliation was counterproductive and drove out most that entered. 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. The sicker he became, the more he was tormented and tortured by the staff. Since I had as friends, people like Bernie Kolb and Ben Parks, who went from long-term addictions to long time great human beings, I concluded something there must have worked. 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. 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. Eventually Dr. DuPont left government service and became a paid consultant for Straight, which had replaced The Seed after the US Senate likened its methods to North Korean brainwashing. Joe was a thug and a gangster, but when a law abiding citizen said so, Joe sued his bank and won ten million dollars. 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. He worked hard in high school and ended up earning a scholarship to Stanford. Synanons most important legacy was to fulfill sociologist Edgar Freidenberg prediction after reading Yablonskys book that the organization was punitive, brainwashed and would ultimately create a dangerous state of mind. 5 years from now we wont need people like you.. I listened to countless game tapes. Below is a chart made by Maia in Mother Jones: A. Orange on his website lists interesting quotes: Tough Love: Abuse of a type particularly gratifying to the abuser, in that it combines the pleasures of sadism with those of self-righteousness. If I did not want comments i would not have it set up too comments. Today, there are statistics saying women have surpassed men as earners, all of this is good. Experience indicates that when these counselors use an especially intrusive, aggressive approach, frequently debasing and harshly confronting clients, they may do more harm than good. Copyright Paul Morantz. 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. Im so grateful, thankful & PROUD of everyone who made this happen!!! And I really try to do that," Jollett says. 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. I dont have much to argue with what you say about the people in Synanon and do not disagree they helped others, they were there to do that. Instead it is led to countless deaths, destruction of lives and still continues today. The media pointed to me, but there were far many who had joined and fought to protect me as well as expose Synanon. In terms of drug addiction, thats where it ends. Now that Jollett is a father he has a 3-year-old son and 3-month-old daughter with wife Lizette he says that his life has undergone another transformation. Out of 1,180 addicts who had entered Synanon in its first five years of operation, only 26 had graduated. By 1976 the plan to transfer the money to the Dederich family was cemented and implanted. By clicking Accept All Cookies, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyze site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts. 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., *.*.. But I believe there are important messages in its history I was drivin not to let Janzen alter it. 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. Synanon and Enthusiastic Sobriety Enthusiastic Sobriety Abuse Alliance Synanon and Enthusiastic Sobriety A conversation with David Cherry. 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. A haunting tale of estrangement, Synanon Kid, is a coming-of-age story of hope, survival, and determination. 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. Jollett says his feelings were not validated by his mother, who instead relied on him for comfort. Also true, is that my ego places me in my eyes in a higher position than others. So lets say you wanted to give the Third Reich some credit, which could be done, what positives can you say about Synanon? Im rich. After saying staying in Synanon is the addicts only chance for sustained life, in 1976 Dederich said that in 5 years there would be no room for the kind of people you are now. Most program lingo IS Synanon lingo! (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.). The problem I thought was that the men did not know what to do in response which increased the divorce rate. Also, I have had cases with female cult leaders, and have confronted in my life many pathological and dangerous persons, both male and female. 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. It reasoned that success stories generally had little to do with the programs themselves. Nov 04, 2017 Daina Fanning rated it really liked it. Synanon was not unique. I have countless books of interviews and depositions. The experiences with the original population of adult addicts still pervade the thinking and functioning of most T.C.s. I was being sincere. I am a Synanon survivor. "I have nightmares about my son falling down steps, I have nightmares about dropping my daughter. In context, my conversation with Rod Janzen, as he certainly knew of me, and if he was a true journalist, he would have had to interview me to follow all leads. 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. As to the above, I remain impressed with your apparent life long research into many areas, and you write so much, it is hard to know where to begin. He also forced women to have abortions and almost 200 men had vasectomies after Dederich forbade any more children. And I think he saw I might be going down that path, too. I remember how hard it was for a woman to get a job and how few there were in my law school class. I immediately sensed he was writing a book in which he was avoiding obtaining information that might challenge his view. "You just love them up, just squeeze them and kiss them and tell them how much you love them, and think about their needs, and have empathy for them," he says. He wrote that many ex-members said that one day there would be a scandal and Dederich would run off with all the money. '", He continues: "'I'm going to make sure my mom's okay, because she's crying in the room.'". 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. 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 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. Hopefully somedaywe get back the candidates like that; but Im not smart enough to suggest how. 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. For more than a decade, a Tucson nonprofit drug-treatment center Your post-talks about the bonds, the relationships and enjoyment people had, particularly in earlier days. 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. Yet by 1968, to justify ending graduation, if Dederich was correct, there was little success in curing addicts. As stated in the Skeptics Dictionary, law enforcement officials, politicians and religious leaders helped push those fearing addiction to what it determined was primarily rackets designed to make money with little regard for human well-being (like Elan and CeDu). The leader, Chuck Dederich, decided we wouldn't have parents, and then we just didn't.". 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. 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. A small portion decided they had enough, and gave too much credit to Synanon and not enough to their own will power. In one sense it becomes like the question of which came first the chicken or the egg. I responded to him that the media never knew the extent of the actual violence and as far as violence inside Synanon, how many incidents would you like to know about? Later I sent him a copy of the History of Synanon violence with over 80 incidents and he never responded nor did I hear from him again, nor did he ever apologize to the public for writing a book in which he intentionally avoided the actual evidence. 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. Information from former members of the cult quickly identified two of Synanons Imperial Marines as suspects in the snake-attack. Founded in 1958, Synanon sold itself as a cure for hardcore heroin addicts who could help each other by breaking new initiates with isolation, humiliation, hard labor, and sleep deprivation. also, to write a good book, you have to think that is what you are doing or it will not be a good book. In 1966 New York City Mayor John Lindsay hired Puerto Rican psychiatrist Efren Esteban Ramirez to run the citys Addiction Services Agency. Its a real field day.. You know ts great fun, to watch that. 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. But these rules had long been eradicated at Synanon the root of todays confrontational-type therapeutic communities. 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. In contrast, Jollett's goals as a parent are simple. The autopsy report stated that he died from a perforated ulcer, but that is only the tip of the iceberg. 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. 9. It was clear, that like Yablonsky, decades prior, he was enamored by Synanon. : troubledteens. 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. Aftermaththe Synanon legacy The Sunshine Place investigates Synanon through survivors, former members, and more Society & Culture August 10, 2022 Listen to The Sunshine Place This is especially true when punishment is viewed as a healing process. While I cop to an ego in this area, my comments to Janzen had nothing to do with it. 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. In other words he would have to reexamine his beliefs and consider possibly his own victimization. As messages here seem to disappear and reappear per you request I am repeating it. I offered the information to Janzen and he didnt want it. We were beaten for the slightest infractions of the rules. ", "It wasn't like Godfather, it was like Pirates of Penzance," Jollett explains. 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. 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. 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