Phoenix House is one of the biggest TCs today. But there wont be any room for the kind of people you are now. Studies found that Synanons encounter groups could produce lasting psychological harm and that only 10 to 15 percent of the addicts who participated in them recovered. Sure it maybe closed but it still needs to be investigated in the same fashion that Penn state was investigated. 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. 9. Another boy froze to death (given no coat or shelter), and the victims even included former Synanon children who were placed in these camps by parents still believing in the Synanon system. The Sunshine Place investigates Synanon through survivors, former members, and more Society & Culture August 10, 2022 Listen to The Sunshine Place This intrusive, assertive therapeutic style works well for a few clients but may injure many more. Professor Bellis noted that, A number of clients. WebSynanon Survivors is celebrating 4 years!!! 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 suppose if they werent why Id have to find another business. 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. Dederich in the early days would not release statistics claiming that a dope fiend would identify with whatever percentage failed and therefore would not come; finally declaring in 1967 it was such a failure that no one should ever leave. A business illiterate, I dont know an invoice from a purchase order or the difference between shipped and delivered. 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. Neither AA, Synanon, or those that followed, were based on any scientific studies. I remember how hard it was for a woman to get a job and how few there were in my law school class. The evil was he boasted that they would cut off any charity that did not do as Synanon told them to do. 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. 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 if I missed something please tell me. I was forced to watch twenty men and women beat a 14 year old girl in what we called a, Cowboy Ass kicking, for ten to twenty minutes. If you examine the full context, Janzen avoided anything that might lead him to information contrary to the views he wanted to present. Anyway good luck and I hope you found a practice you enjoy. I think he recognized, 'Oh, is this one going to become an addict, too? Synanon Industries August 23, 2022 2. Copyright Paul Morantz. So is the eventual years later reverting to a longing for the days of comrades and cause. A recovering alcoholic named Art Barker in 1970 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and run almost entirely by kids for kids. Its a real field day.. . We let, we let crazy people into the door and we dont discriminate. 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. His family claims his pleas for help were ignored. "At that age, my response was to become the super kid. The methods the religious community used to break down the members are still used in rehab facilities across the United States. When he begged to see a doctor, the staff sneered at him and called him a faker and asked him if he were homosexual.. 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 It just seems monstrous.". Professor David Bellis was one. Hitler did great things for Germany, but it would be wrong to use them to assert we should all think of it as Spring Time for Hitler, as Janzen did of Dederich. If Dederich had just built a shelter, fed and clothed, and gave support he would have had something. 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. 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. 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. You would make Wes Fager proud, I am sure, sadly he is no longer with us. Suggest reading the fall of series. The story of Synanon is how one man took good people and turned them into terrorists. 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. Today, troubled-teen programs use Synanon-like tactics, advertising themselves to parents as solutions for everything from poor study habits to substance misuse. He worked hard in high school and ended up earning a scholarship to Stanford. 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. 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 problem I thought was that the men did not know what to do in response which increased the divorce rate. If CED had that kind of protection, he would have died a king.. Others were taken below or in barns to be beaten. Ramirez set up the synanon-based Phoenix House which hired former Synanite Ted Dibble to manage one of its centers. 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. *. 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. We're going to pillage the town! And furthermore, the National Institutes of Health (NIDAs parent) had funded the first Synanon copy-cat program in NYC called Daytop Lodge. And in March she went, flying into Georgetown with her family, a few friends, and Jordan "And probing into this world of the traumatized child. 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. All throughout history when the same mix occurs so do the same results. As messages here seem to disappear and reappear per you request I am repeating it. 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. 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. Many who studied Synanon agreed. Spare the Rod Healing. You would know that in general I have a higher regard for Synanon people than the public at large. ", Jollett continued to struggle with past traumas as a young teen and adult. I am very grateful that you have included in writing your blog about Joe Riccis version or interpetation of Synanon. WebSynanon Survivors 136likes 149followers Posts About Photos Videos More Posts About Photos Videos Synanon Survivors Intro Link To The Synanon Survivors Group And Joe Ricci, the owner, survived the state of Illinois pulling residents out because of the abuse and beat them in court. I wrote that cults are just microcosms of greater societies. There were countless communes and entities much larger that took in people of all races. 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. 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. you say the logic is faulty, but give no example and state why? He told me he was completing a book on Synanon. And you quite accurately describe the reason, it was protected. By the 60s the Los Angeles school system had schools (not all) already well integrated and taught anti-bigotry. I am very aware of the early philosophies of Synanon. 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. Yet at the same time, the noise Synanon made did wake up people to the idea, not yet existing, that cure was possible. 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. You think I didnt experience Synanon, but I did. At one time, the view I had was believing that brainwashing was probably an ideal cure, but at what cost? 14-year-old Anthony Haynes died while attending a five-week boot camp operated by the Americas Buffalo Soldiers Re-enactors Association. I delete only the crazies refuse to present any argument, rebuttal facts or evidence that anything stated was not true; but just a statement that anyone who would think that or write such facts belongs in a nut house. Totalitarianism societies in the end always end in abuse and a we vs. they war concept. He spent 15 years Jollett says his feelings were not validated by his mother, who instead relied on him for comfort. . 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. He was so wrong and he refused to write many who studied Synanon came to an opposite conclusion. WebSurvivors report physical abuse, exploitation (human trafficking), and several types of psychological torment, including harsh discrimination and LGBTQ+ conversion therapy. We were mentally ill. Chuck Dederich would not only envy the Money Elan made, but the protection they got. 1 talking about this. Per Ofshe, Dr. Elizabeth Missakian, former Pres. Synanon did not even keep it from the public. *, As with The Seed, at Straight abuse was omnipresentincluding beatings and kidnapping of adult participants. It's not good.' This story It was clear, that like Yablonsky, decades prior, he was enamored by Synanon. (He is now sober. Sincerely It is also a story of the unconditional love between as to George Bush, again in my book I said there was no difference between him psychologically and Osama. Straight used Synanons vaginal and anal searches to search for contraband for years even though they never found any. "I can't tell you how many times a day I pick up my kid. 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. It was good that Synanon took in minorities, and when Dederich married Betty mixed marriages were not as commonplace as today. Yet by the time Synanon shut down in 1991, its model had already been widely copied. "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. Margo I agree I looked at every branch. He had the addicts psychologically tested and found Synanon did not change people internallythat they were still antisocial. Maybe it's one of the things about human nature, that isolated power corrupts people. As to the legacy, conclusion was not difficult. 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 Old Man would testify that he never gave a splitee a single thought from the moment each left. I comfort him if he hurts his knee or my daughter when she cries, whatever it is. ***. Seven years before that trial Goldfarb had written a book calling for prison reform using the Synanon-style therapeutic community. 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. Ultimately, as stated above, Dederich would testify they never knew how to cure a dope fiend and nobody does. 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. Anyway, you should learn about ones actual career before you make assumptions about it. I would say some things are not debatable. And with that all being announced on the wire, murder attempts begin. 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. Ofshe who had been allowed inside Synanon to study it contacted Dave Mitchell in 1978 to ask if he was serious about investigating Synanon because violence could not occur randomly under Synanons controls and can only occur at direction of management (later admitted by Dederich at deposition). Fager wrote: Dr. Both boys had to navigate poverty and abuse, but Jollett's experience was vastly different from his brother's. Both AA and Synanon provided this insight, but unfortunately each bounded its members with an ideology and demand to never quit the organizations. The autopsy report stated that he died from a perforated ulcer, but that is only the tip of the iceberg. Paul please post this comment and not the other two thank you sir. 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. As for women, I cant purport to be an expert, but having lived through the 60s Revolution and womens rights I do have my observations. For Jollett, experiencing his dad's love was a life-changing experience. Similarly, there is no evidence that every substance abuser is such for life and can only avoid destruction through one of these programs. This was written before he joined. A few, but very few have gone out and made it. Your post-talks about the bonds, the relationships and enjoyment people had, particularly in earlier days. 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. Need your help! 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, when I was growing up I thought world would be a better place if women were in control. 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. *..*.*. 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. one, it was a hard fought battle. 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., ***. just state that and agree to the group rules!! Over the years as I wrote c. upon chapter of Synanon history, I have mainly received nothing but great comments from people. The musician was careful in his portrayal of his mother, whom he feared would come across as a one-dimensional villain. A scheme that was illegal, it led to arrests in Arizona. 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. 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. In my book Synanon was only one chapter. I find I edit better after I posted and edited this one about 5 times so far. Aftermaththe Synanon legacy 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. The entirety of my writings say the same thing. The leader, Chuck Dederich, decided we wouldn't have parents, and then we just didn't.". I also believed that Synanons many clones, adding doctors, and other proper variations, had established successful drug rehabilitation. I just imagined Charles Dederich rolling over in his grave at that news. He also forced women to have abortions and almost 200 men had vasectomies after Dederich forbade any more children. 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. Suggest you get my book on Amazonmy life was not limited to Synanon. 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. About six years ago, though, she began thinking it might be a good idea. There are more successes, like the Rolling Stones Rick Jones, that stemmed from bona fide psychotherapy. 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. Synanon was the first therapeutic community devoted to the treatment of the drug addicted according to the Encyclopedia of Drugs and Alcohol, which is edited by the first White House Drug Czar, per Wes Fager, who also noted Dr. Jerome Jaffe stated Synanon is the prototype of the drug-related therapeutic community-a community where the addict surrenders all aspects of his life, except one-the right to leave. Fager further noted Bratter and Forrest write that In less than a quarter of a century, the American self-help residential therapeutic community has come to span the globe. One cloneVision Questit has been written had 9 deaths; forced marches, black uniforms in triple-digit temperatures, harsh discipline and a daily diet limited to an apple, a carrot and a bowl of beans, all which were common to these orgs. 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. Sidney Poitier did more for race relations in one movie than most of the world combined. Also, because of time restraints, I put up the information so it is there and then go back and edit when I have the chance. Childrens deaths in tough love boot camps include: Michelle Sutton, 15, Summit Quest, Utah, 1990. "He was just this big, masculine, Italian, strong guy that loved his boys. Looking back, I think my brother was appropriately angry with the adults.". . And he told of the case of one TC therapist who forced female clients to perform fellatio on him while he talked on the phone to their probation officers., *..**. Out of 1,180 addicts who had entered Synanon in its first five years of operation, only 26 had graduated. 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. 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. 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. 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Casriel teamed up with Father William OBrien to form Daytop Village which today is one of the largest therapeutic communities in the world. (16) In 1985 psychotherapists Thomas Bratter and Gary Forrest echoed the conclusion of Rachman and Heller and added a caution of their own when they wrote that such a treatment [for self-destructive drug abusers] may not be necessary or appropriate for other treatment populations, i.e. If it had ended there, Synanons legacy would be far different and it would probably still be there. Synanons punitive system of verbal attacks and humiliation was counterproductive and drove out most that entered. 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. I suspected this would happen, because it is well known that people in cults go from outrageous anger to a final whimsical yearning at the end for a time of spirit and comradeship. I was being sincere. And it was repeated in books by Yablonsky and Endore and unfortunately repeated a decade ago by Janzen. 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. Although I think this is waning some now Movies now are once again about heroes and less about femme fatales. So I went through it again to tried to erase that ambiguity and I hope you are happier with it. Dr. Casriel in 1963 reported that of 62 people located of 160 entries, 19 were graduates, while 43 remained inside Synanon. Good luck. 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. 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. Once again, her counselors said that she was faking when she complained. It was bizarre, surreal,and violent it was not a school in any stretch of the imagination. 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. Where you at synanon in 1972-1973? "I have nightmares about my son falling down steps, I have nightmares about dropping my daughter. And back is my reply to you. Its first example, naturally, as failure, was Synanon, and like Synanon, its clones became the darlings of the media and politicians in election years. But they have settled now, particularly, as stated below, as I slowly learned the results of so many of the Synanon clones, which resulted in so much death and brutality. Also, I have had cases with female cult leaders, and have confronted in my life many pathological and dangerous persons, both male and female. For us, it was Experience of Contact, thousands of interviews, internal documents, depositions of leaders and a lifelong examination. The monster that now existed had to be stopped. Jollett, 45, tells PEOPLE about the abuse he and many other children experienced while growing up in the "school" of the infamous Synanon cult. That is just a fact. Students quickly found themselves in a new, strange, uncomfortable and often frightening world of intense group relationships and heightened, invasive and violent group therapies. 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