That for about a period of 7 years most of my friends were ex synanon members. In 1974 Rachman and Heller had noted that many youths had dropped out of TCs because the methods were geared to curing adult addicts. Rather, the organizations said they worked, so people believed it. 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. First, while our government says that all people are equal the fact is they are not born equal. Forty four years later, with Joe dead and Elan closed down survivors are still searching for someone in a position of authority to admit that what happened there was abuse. The methods the religious community used to break down the members are still used in rehab facilities across the United States. In my opinion Elan operated as a continueing criminal enterprise for close to forty years. 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. As I wrote the youth did not buy in as did the parents, you sound like one of them. 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. Synanon did not even keep it from the public. And I really try to do that," Jollett says. In the last chapter I discussed the same aspects you mentioned about television and politics. "I became very interested in the idea of buried history, all the ways that we as children were told things that were patently untrue, and that we believed them," says Jollett, whose book will publish on May 26, just after the same-titled album. Gina Score, 14, at the state-run juvenile prison camp at Plankinton, South Dakota, 1999 was run to death. It was like, 'Nothing ever gets to me. 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. 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. (Joe Ricci was a former Daytop student who went on to found his own program for troubled youth in Maine called Elansee below.) Spare the Rod Healing. I gave you a ring and was most pleasantly surprised that you answered. I did not delete Susans comment, they disappeared and then reappeared; have happy holidays. Information from former members of the cult quickly identified two of Synanons Imperial Marines as suspects in the snake-attack. Elan did not offer the same type of tapestry as Synanon and thus probably caused more injury to its members. Once again, her counselors said that she was faking when she complained. Ex-members have no idea how close they all came to being arrested for conspiracy of RICO violations. lawyer magazine paul Morantz on you tube. So in that sense, Synanon contributed to the idea that one could get off addiction. Joe Ricci, the owner, survived the state of Illinois pulling residents out because of the abuse and beat them in court. 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. Worse, they continue today despite strong efforts to expose them. It was good that Synanon took in minorities, and when Dederich married Betty mixed marriages were not as commonplace as today. The same result was stated by Steve Simon in his Harvard dissertation only in much more elaborate detail. He wrote that the Synanon experience in playing the game, peers caring for peers without doctors, created a cure for drug addiction. He noted that the child seemed lost in the rigid hierarchy and confrontation tactics of the program. He wrote: As a clinician I am concerned about the effects of intense, violent verbal interaction upon young teenagers engaged in a sensitive process of identity formation. 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. The damage that has been done to many ,many children is unfathomable. I welcome anyones story, questions or facts; the only thing I delete is attacking the messenger; attack facts if you can but I am not going to have gaming on here, get the speaker when you cannot challenge the info. you say the logic is faulty, but give no example and state why? The monster that now existed had to be stopped. As messages here seem to disappear and reappear per you request I am repeating it. Now theres a little room for you now. For comparisons please get my book Escape: My Life Long War Against Cults. And that Susan, is what differentiates us, from other countries where there is no freedom of press. I am very grateful that you have included in writing your blog about Joe Riccis version or interpetation of Synanon. Others were taken below or in barns to be beaten. it would take a few generations for this to work out. 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. The example story might be that of Joe Musico and Lance Kenton. 5 years from now we wont need people like you.. This was Synanon had its worse, andit is not permitted here. That Young people were beaten, some in public demonstrations. "Mary Karr likes to say, 'You have to write about difficult relationships with great love.' For author Mikel Jollett, the frontman for the indie band The Airborne Toxic Event, his book is a "primal scream.". Synanon was not unique. He wrote that, High discipline programs usually employ the confrontive Synanon game-a leaderless group encounter session to create aggressive and provocative interchange, using ridicule, cross examination and hostile attack. 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. 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. as to George Bush, again in my book I said there was no difference between him psychologically and Osama. The Cedu schools (one in California, and one in Idaho) were each located in a mountain wilderness, and students soon discovered that they were teenage captives, without identification or money, in an imposing geography they could not easily or safely negotiate or escape. Ultimately, as stated above, Dederich would testify they never knew how to cure a dope fiend and nobody does. The sicker he became, the more he was tormented and tortured by the staff. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. Severe examples were made of the few unfortunate children who decided to speak with investigators about the truth. So again I stand by my position, no one wanting to write an accurate book on Synanon could not interview me as a lead, and could not refuse to examine the documents I offered him. I immediately sensed he was writing a book in which he was avoiding obtaining information that might challenge his view. TTI Survivor - Leviah Rose. That's our job, to love this [child] fiercely and protect it. 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. We were indoctrinated quickly thru fear, humiliation,and the constant threat of physical violence. if you have actual information please, but your tirades will be deleted. 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. 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. Nicholaus Contreraz, 16, died at the Arizona Boys Ranch near Oracle, Arizona, March 2, 1998, of cardiac arrest, after instructors continued to harass him and force him to exercise even though he told them he was sick. Its wonderful. Suggest reading the fall of series. And I think he saw I might be going down that path, too. He told me that he had interviewed Synanon people and examined the UCLA records. I was inducted in late 1976 at the age of 14. A. Confidential. Ordered by the court out of Synanon, he returned to a life of crime and was murdered. A 15-year-old boy died from a staph infection at a Colorado wilderness program. According to newspaper articles of the day he has publicly disclosed, Ive smoked pot, popped pills, but none of the hard stuff. Hereceived a degree in psychology from a mail-order company in Florida. That is not ego. Further, it is foolish to treat all persons in the same manner. Totalitarianism societies in the end always end in abuse and a we vs. they war concept. 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. People had to know its dangers before making choices to support or join. As a key distinction between comparing Synanon to America, those in Synanon who tried to warn or criticize were shut down and shoved out. And you quite accurately describe the reason, it was protected. But I, its a marvelous business to watch these assholes come in and fall all over themselves and try bite me in the ass. borderline schizophrenic patients, schizoid personalities, and acutely anxious, neurotic adolescents. Copyright Paul Morantz. 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. Jollett believes the violence to which adults were subjected has received widespread attention. A recovering alcoholic named Art Barker in 1970 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and run almost entirely by kids for kids. A haunting tale of estrangement, Synanon Kid, is a coming-of-age story of hope, survival, and determination. Posted by 6 years ago. Synanon just wasnt that big enough to be an influence. Maybe it's one of the things about human nature, that isolated power corrupts people. But their position was based on incomplete data, in Janzen s case that was intentional. 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. Nov 04, 2017 Daina Fanning rated it really liked it. 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. "Our parents weren't bad people, they didn't choose to turn their children into orphans. 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. Childrens deaths in tough love boot camps include: Michelle Sutton, 15, Summit Quest, Utah, 1990. And that number was highly inflated by injection of squares and children born to addicts and squares alike. If it had ended there, Synanons legacy would be far different and it would probably still be there. I just imagined Charles Dederich rolling over in his grave at that news. 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. Bringing Luis Home September 26, 2022 10. He interviewed Richard Ofshe but then without explanation he wrote Ofshes discourses of brainwashing interesting, but not applicable. 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. 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. For readers, Hollywood Park is a powerful memoir about one man's journey after he escapes a violent cult as a child. NIH had even started its own experimental synanon at the federal lockup hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. And while it may be true that economics was a motivation, economics are part of the motivation for everyone on these issues. Most program lingo IS Synanon lingo! I wrote that cults are just microcosms of greater societies. 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. Ramirez set up the synanon-based Phoenix House which hired former Synanite Ted Dibble to manage one of its centers. The game and all other methods of forced confessions, real or false to conform, are the essence of Liftons brainwashing. You would make Wes Fager proud, I am sure, sadly he is no longer with us. He participated in several missions, and arguably would have lived a better life but for his exposure to Synanon. 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. He also forced women to have abortions and almost 200 men had vasectomies after Dederich forbade any more children. A small portion decided they had enough, and gave too much credit to Synanon and not enough to their own will power. Not only did the system drive people out, Dederich eventually admitted it was designed for that purpose. Have a merry. when the uniqueness of adolescent psychological development is not understood and incorporated into clinical practice. Most of what I wrote was a no comment description in detail of Synanons evolution taken from its own records. *..**. Facing seven-figure legal judgments, despite ties with the Bush family and Nancy Reagan, it closed in 1993. In 1993, Dr. DuPont testified that the progenitor of Straight was Synanon and that those places which used Synanons methods are called therapeutic communities and that there are two rules for these therapeutic communities: No Sex and No Violence. Im rich. The musician also remembers the period with his mother and brother in Oregon, where they went to hide. He also admitted violence could not occur without his approval but he forgot the details due to his stroke. Although I think this is waning some now Movies now are once again about heroes and less about femme fatales. The money was too good; parents panicking at the finding of a joint and willing to pay exorbitant amounts of money to anyone with the sales pitch, never quite understanding the tortures and deaths that awaited. I comfort him if he hurts his knee or my daughter when she cries, whatever it is. Synanon. The Synanon organization, initially a drug rehabilitation program, was founded by Charles E. "Chuck" Dederich, Sr., (19131997) in 1958 in Santa Monica, California. By the early 1960s, Synanon had also become an alternative community, attracting people with its emphasis on living a self-examined life, He was a great man and kind human being. Paul- when Elan closed in April 1 of 2011. But generally, as to your comment, my book was not in disagreement. Per Ofshe, Dr. Elizabeth Missakian, former Pres. Hopefully somedaywe get back the candidates like that; but Im not smart enough to suggest how. As to the legacy, conclusion was not difficult. 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. 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. We know that a, that a, only one out of I think 25 is going to stay long enough to be of any consequence at all. 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. It just seems monstrous.". 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. It's not good.' 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. 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. This program was called MATRIX. He was constantly accused of being a malingerer and faking it when he complained of being sick and unable to go on. Also Santa Monica acted because Synanon did not have a license to treat anyone. Neither AA, Synanon, or those that followed, were based on any scientific studies. 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. But these ideals were short lived. Some people, whether from genes or experiences, or combinations thereof, just are not capable of living a good life on their own. they were supposed to be about love, while men were about war. I was taken there by my mother. Kenton, through no fault of his own, was placed in the Synanon school by square musician parents and at age 18 became the youngest member of the Imperial Marines. We're going to pillage the town! 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? My discussion is on the known today dangers of a hatchery (abandonment syndrome) which Susan Richardson wrote about, the psychological affects of attack therapy which can cause psychological damage, including psychotic breaks (which happened at Synanon) and how everyone finally bought into the enemy at the door who were all prejudiced against them and finally reduced Synanon to a state of mind where propaganda ruled over truth, all the ideals were tossed out and a growing comparison to the Manson family was in place. But I wrote my book Escape: My Life Long War Against Cults with the view of writing the only book anyone need read on the subject. '", After Tony went to rehab, their dad quit his job to be home with them and cooked dinner every night. 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. Ego had nothing to do with that comment. Any dammed fool who wants to come in and say Id like to live with you and we let them in. 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. 1 talking about this. The leader, Chuck Dederich, decided we wouldn't have parents, and then we just didn't.". Tony, always angry as a child, sank into addiction at an early age and went to rehab. Anyway good luck and I hope you found a practice you enjoy. I further told him that UCLA records were selective and I alone had Synanons internal documents which tells another story. I find I edit better after I posted and edited this one about 5 times so far. I offered them to him but he declined. Communist Russia was safer with freedom taken away. You would also have learned that I have been in the room with many Synanon people countless times. 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. [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.. *, As with The Seed, at Straight abuse was omnipresentincluding beatings and kidnapping of adult participants. 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. 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. 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. Largely, the squares were people looking for purpose and to be part of something. Ofshe further pointed out Dr. Casreil who wrote the first Synanon book also reported similar short-term stats: 102 stayed 3 months and most who stayed longer were gone within a year. WebJan 2010 - Present13 years 2 months United States Im a CEDU Survivor who created & runs the Synanon Survivors Group on Facebook. Whether a small town, island or, commune, they have a better chance for a part of the American dream than if on their own in the big city. As stated in earlier chapter, one study on encounter groups in 1971 found the Synanon methods of attack therapy was the most likely to create psychological injury, and the experiment led to mental breakdowns and one suicide. 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 When I was first fighting Synanon, however, things were very black and White. I am very aware of the early philosophies of Synanon. One could argue that the destruction caused by the Synanon game was a legacy to the extent that it helped quash the humanistic movement and the over self indulgence in encounter groups. Kids were assaulted and restrained without cause and all the rest. Education website. 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. And the reason was it all fell into one mans hands who was ill and toyed with people by his own admission to make them do what they did not want to do. No one knows the actual final fate of the 19. And, as stated, many of those who left were purposely ejected or forced out by Dederich squeezes. Indeed, that same year Dederich, in his The Wrath of God speech accused addicts of stabbing him in the back by failing to negotiate an apartment complex purchase, and threatened to get rid of all of them and replace them with squares. Synanon Industries August 23, 2022 2. Both AA and Synanon provided this insight, but unfortunately each bounded its members with an ideology and demand to never quit the organizations. 65-pound Michael Wiltsie, 12, at Camp E-Kel-Etu, a private Florida facility, in 2000 was suffocated to death by a 320-pound counselor who sat on him until he stopped breathing. 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. "I think the insight for me was I always loved her, she just wasn't very good at loving me. 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? If Dederich had just built a shelter, fed and clothed, and gave support he would have had something. 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. Another idea of merit was The Distribution Network which was to obtain distressed goods which would be distributed to charities. If I did not want comments i would not have it set up too comments. I had never been arrested nor done drugs. To me there is good reason why Elan was not on the the map. "He was just this big, masculine, Italian, strong guy that loved his boys. WebSynanon was a religous community. Joe was a thug and a gangster, but when a law abiding citizen said so, Joe sued his bank and won ten million dollars. 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.. 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. Some have shown that synanon confrontations can potentially be psychologically damaging and may not be suitable for all audiences-especially for adolescents. 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. Jollett also healed by opening himself up to therapy, music and, eventually, love. 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