If it had ended there, Synanons legacy would be far different and it would probably still be there. I witnessed a few cow boy ass kickings. 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. Ex-members have no idea how close they all came to being arrested for conspiracy of RICO violations. (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.). Zones are designed to separate business from residential, etc. 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. By example, as compiled by Dr. Ofshe, in 1961 all Dederich reported was that 70 out of 176 addicts had stayed for 5 days. Matt C. Hoffman His family claims his pleas for help were ignored. Shomeister. This intrusive, assertive therapeutic style works well for a few clients but may injure many more. Professor Bellis noted that, A number of clients. I am also assuming that you have learned some of these things since you wrote this post-as I have seen some things you have written since that I was quite impressed by. In 1971, Dederich stated, as Ofshe noted: we want at the idea of graduate. This was a sop to social workers and professionals who wanted me to say that we were producing a graduate. I always wanted to say to them, A person with this fatal disease will have to live here all of his life. I know damn well if they got out of Synanon they are dead. Eventually, on the subject of rehabilitation, Ofshe would write, Synanon was the failure thats gave birth to an industry.. But it is mans nature to flock together and unfortunately war with each other. He was constantly accused of being a malingerer and faking it when he complained of being sick and unable to go on. Oaks and Spokes. He wrote that many ex-members said that one day there would be a scandal and Dederich would run off with all the money. The musician was careful in his portrayal of his mother, whom he feared would come across as a one-dimensional villain. 479 members Join group About this group Anybody who's been touched by The SYNANON Cult as well as anybody who's suffered ANY TTI programs or institutional abuse youre welcome, as well See more Private Some people, whether from genes or experiences, or combinations thereof, just are not capable of living a good life on their own. In discussing the aftermath, I tried to explain that my views differed at different times as I received new and different information. For comparisons please get my book Escape: My Life Long War Against Cults. It was a gift. In 1971, the federal government, through he second White House Drug Czar, Robertq L. Dupont, Jr. MD. Both AA and Synanon provided this insight, but unfortunately each bounded its members with an ideology and demand to never quit the organizations. 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. 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. Please buy the book. But these ideals were short lived. WebSynanon Survivors 136likes 149followers Posts About Photos Videos More Posts About Photos Videos Synanon Survivors Intro Link To The Synanon Survivors Group And Did you change partners? 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. But, in the late '70s, the California-based organization became synonymous with violence. A recovering alcoholic named Art Barker in 1970 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and run almost entirely by kids for kids. It's not good.' 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. The main reason in stopping in 2000 was a telephone call from Rod Janzen asking to confirm the date I was bit by the Snake. Margo, you say you are a successful attorney. Phoenix House is one of the biggest TCs today. 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. S. B. 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. 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. 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. The media pointed to me, but there were far many who had joined and fought to protect me as well as expose Synanon. 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. Most program lingo IS Synanon lingo! Ramirez set up the synanon-based Phoenix House which hired former Synanite Ted Dibble to manage one of its centers. "In the case of my brother, he became the scapegoat. 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. 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. . 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., *..**. Further, Yablonsky married a Synanon woman and admitted he felt any attack on Synanon was an attack on her. WebNeed your help! 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. Podcast. 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. The Sunshine Place investigates Synanon through survivors, former members, and more Society & Culture August 10, 2022 Listen to The Sunshine Place He interviewed Richard Ofshe but then without explanation he wrote Ofshes discourses of brainwashing interesting, but not applicable. In one sense it becomes like the question of which came first the chicken or the egg. We have multiple groups dedicated to ending the TTI (Troubled Teen Industry) as well, that work in conjunction with mine, this is how I discovered this story! but if I missed something please tell me. It exposes the cruel abnormal policies, practices and propaganda the Synanon children were forced to endure in a so-called modern America. *..*.*. Your comments is like talking about Nazi tea parties and trains running on time while someone else is talking about the Holocaust. While the abuse in Synanon was bad enough, it pails in comparison to a stream of sociopaths who hijacked the system to become Millionaires through the abuse of children; in some cases even as morally deprived as organizations that kidnap children and sell them for profit. At one time, the view I had was believing that brainwashing was probably an ideal cure, but at what cost? Others reported in 1973 that the Synanon absorbing members was retention, not rehabilitation, a result found unfortunately in many of the Synanon clones, which Synanon bragged 2,400 existed. (c) Nov. 2012. It quotes statements I did not make but Dederich did. Nonprofit Organization. This is especially true when punishment is viewed as a healing process. Today, there are statistics saying women have surpassed men as earners, all of this is good. 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. But I have certainly seen where the situation is clearly reversed. 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. Ultimately, as stated above, Dederich would testify they never knew how to cure a dope fiend and nobody does. Straight used Synanons vaginal and anal searches to search for contraband for years even though they never found any. 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. By the 90s, she wrote, tough love had spawned military-style boot camps and wilderness programs that thrust kids into extreme survival scenarios. Largely, the squares were people looking for purpose and to be part of something. 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. Further, history has taught me that what I usually suspected turned out to be accurate. 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. Yet at the same time, the noise Synanon made did wake up people to the idea, not yet existing, that cure was possible. My disappointment, as stated in my book, is that after all this great work, led by the entertainment field it regressed, with HBO and Showtime saying the best job you could get if you were a woman was to strip or manipulate a millionaire to marry you. I am still not in the same league with Dr. Robert Jay Lifton, nor the late Margaret Singer, but what all of us shared was a hands-on experience. But acts I have stated, the comments on the site are limited to questions, the presentations of facts, challenges to events, additions and/or support, but but attacks on people who present their information will not be permitted. The experiences with the original population of adult addicts still pervade the thinking and functioning of most T.C.s. In contrast, Jollett's goals as a parent are simple. ("There was no soft place to land, there was no one really caring about us," he explains. For Jollett, experiencing his dad's love was a life-changing experience. We either do that or we stop. 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. 5 years from now we wont need people like you.. Seven years before that trial Goldfarb had written a book calling for prison reform using the Synanon-style therapeutic community. We were indoctrinated quickly thru fear, humiliation,and the constant threat of physical violence. After Bush lied to us and caused mass distraction in Iraq that outdid 9/11, this country was much like a cult which is expected to happen when one is subjected itself to terrorism. "And probing into this world of the traumatized child. And furthermore, the National Institutes of Health (NIDAs parent) had funded the first Synanon copy-cat program in NYC called Daytop Lodge. *..**. "Then my dad became extremely interested in my life. I was inducted in late 1976 at the age of 14. The Hammer Podcast. All he knew was that if someone stayed they didnt do drugs. 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. The group ultimately became a cult called the Church of Synanon in the 1970s. Synanon disbanded in 1991 [6] due to members being convicted of criminal activities (including attempted murder) and retroactive loss of its tax-exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) due to financial misdeeds, destruction of evidence, and terrorism. [7] WebSynanon was a religous community. *. Children say they were punched, kicked and forced to eat dirt for minor infractions such as failing to stand up straight. 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. Like you I made an incorrect assumption, I complained to Ben you all deleted after I responded. For readers, Hollywood Park is a powerful memoir about one man's journey after he escapes a violent cult as a child. It is the freedom of thought and free speech that gave America the chance to go on and recover from its mistakes. Further, I wrote that the study of cults is studying a microcosm of the greater society. Both boys had to navigate poverty and abuse, but Jollett's experience was vastly different from his brother's. I did not delete Susans comment, they disappeared and then reappeared; have happy holidays. Since I alone have the records (UCLA has only what Synanon chose to give it) I felt obligated. We were beaten for the slightest infractions of the rules. Thank you again Paul for taking my call back in May of 2011,and for taking an interest in the Elan cult. From Musicos past, one can infer antisocial makeup, but when he came to Synanon he was able to function and had acceptance, something he probably could not otherwise obtain. Most of what I wrote was a no comment description in detail of Synanons evolution taken from its own records. You would know that in general I have a higher regard for Synanon people than the public at large. when the uniqueness of adolescent psychological development is not understood and incorporated into clinical practice. It also provides no real therapy and is the same program for everyone. Died of dehydration. And that was great. I have the book and am reading it. The game and all other methods of forced confessions, real or false to conform, are the essence of Liftons brainwashing. 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. 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. And I still do. How old were you. Its wonderful. First, while our government says that all people are equal the fact is they are not born equal. Margo I agree I looked at every branch. It did make news. Others who completed the program were absorbed into the organization as low-paid or voluntary staff limited to walking around money. I look forward to comments, but those based upon facts, not attacks on the messenger. 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. Maybe it's one of the things about human nature, that isolated power corrupts people. The study of cults can teach us the problems of nations. Still, to glorify Synanon, as some do, like Yablonsky, Janzen, is to show a lack of humanity and spit in the face of the vast amount of victims of violence in Synanons own holocaust. Dederich said free choice in the hands of an addict was like a gun in the hands of a baby. Also true, is that my ego places me in my eyes in a higher position than others. In what ways are we just wrong? 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. Here we are not talking about riding horses, discussing the nature of man, or Emerson, but a reign of terror that was destined and predicted by many in the early 60s due to the Synanon methods of attack therapy, forced confessions, rewards and punishments and brainwashing about enemies. Sometimes I think women are more revenge orientated, but it probably still comes down to the individual. He stated he consciously directed the Synanon population through this method. Over the years as I wrote c. upon chapter of Synanon history, I have mainly received nothing but great comments from people. Synanons punitive system of verbal attacks and humiliation was counterproductive and drove out most that entered. This is not a criticism of that policy; but just the fact that it was insignificant in relation to the civil rights movement which was raging in the 60s and pushed by the Kennedys, Martin Luther King, and many black actors and athletes and my generation that marched and died in name of civil rights. It does appear prior post returned and I did respond to you at length. In 1966 New York City Mayor John Lindsay hired Puerto Rican psychiatrist Efren Esteban Ramirez to run the citys Addiction Services Agency. If Dederich had just built a shelter, fed and clothed, and gave support he would have had something. WebSynanon eventually unraveled in a series of assaults and attempted murder. And thats it for the idea that Synanon played a role in curing drug addiction. Casriel teamed up with Father William OBrien to form Daytop Village which today is one of the largest therapeutic communities in the world. Copyright Paul Morantz. Good luck. While I cop to an ego in this area, my comments to Janzen had nothing to do with it. WebSynanon Survivors is celebrating 4 years!!! Whatever value Synanon might have had, I believed then, it had been long-lost. He wrote that the Synanon experience in playing the game, peers caring for peers without doctors, created a cure for drug addiction. 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. I'm going to rise up above all this kind of stuff, and I'm going to take care of everyone. In terms of drug addiction, thats where it ends. 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.. In his final letter to his mother, he wrote, They found my weakness and I want to go home.. A scheme that was illegal, it led to arrests in Arizona. Straights attorney for that trial was a prominent Washington, DC civil liberties lawyer named Ronald Goldfarb. Posted by 6 years ago. Spare the Rod Healing. Synanon just wasnt that big enough to be an influence. Dr. Casriel in 1963 reported that of 62 people located of 160 entries, 19 were graduates, while 43 remained inside Synanon. I am very grateful that you have included in writing your blog about Joe Riccis version or interpetation of Synanon. Synanon can make its recommendation not to connect, even expel and announce it will not accept the person back; but there is no right to stop contact by never informing the person of attempts being made and giving the person the choice. 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? .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. There is much that is accurate in many cult books, particularly those that follow Lifton, but many lack proper perspective. You wont be here. Anyway good luck and I hope you found a practice you enjoy. Synanon was not unique. WebSynanon Industries. Synanon and Enthusiastic Sobriety Enthusiastic Sobriety Abuse Alliance Synanon and Enthusiastic Sobriety A conversation with David Cherry. 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. Need your help! Campers say they had bruised ribs from an exercise in which they were ordered to lie on their backs while counselors ran across their chests in boots. Hillary Clinton probably wouldve made a good president, the Alaskan Gov. 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. What is this thing that you think you're doing? I immediately sensed he was writing a book in which he was avoiding obtaining information that might challenge his view. Aftermaththe Synanon legacy I was being sincere. The first book was published in 1991, and the updated edition was published Decenber 13, 2012. Saying his death was caused by cardiac arrest, said Cohen, is really sugar-coating the pill as he was tortured to death and also denied medical treatment. Professor David Bellis was one. God bless you. 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. But that questionwhile interestingis really moot; the fact is that while shelter and support is of assistance, the Synanon system based on hate (as stated by Dederich) and punishment was not only a failure but its achievement in publicity, like a Synanon movie starring Ed OBrien, has led to 50 years of horror to countless victims all over the world and continues to do so. I further told him that UCLA records were selective and I alone had Synanons internal documents which tells another story. In addition, group practice becomes an anti-therapeutic factor with the T.C. But he was tapped for his past violent tendencies and unleashed like Russell Crowe in L. The story of Synanon is how one man took good people and turned them into terrorists. 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. Information from former members of the cult quickly identified two of Synanons Imperial Marines as suspects in the snake-attack. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. After 30 years of pondering, I came full circle and realized that sociologist Richard Ofshe had analyzed it right from the start. That's our job, to love this [child] fiercely and protect it. 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? Suggest you get my book on Amazonmy life was not limited to Synanon. . . "'Ha, ha! 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. He also forced women to have abortions and almost 200 men had vasectomies after Dederich forbade any more children. There were countless communes and entities much larger that took in people of all races. 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. ", 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. As messages here seem to disappear and reappear per you request I am repeating it. Its a real field day.. So in that sense, Synanon contributed to the idea that one could get off addiction. Elan made millions and millions of dollars, off of criminal child abuse. And with that all being announced on the wire, murder attempts begin. When I asked if he had studied brainwashing he said he had not. I suppose if they werent why Id have to find another business. Synanon-Based TC in New York City Mayor John Lindsay hired Puerto Rican synanon survivors Esteban... 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