Extracts
from the aacultwatch forum (old)
“...........
The origin of this trouble in AA appears to be coming from five
sources.
1.The
institutionalised teaching of the AA program in rehabs which combine
this with "tough love" treatment models derived from the
Synanon cult. Synanon ran from 1958-1991 and was notorious for its
abuses. Its treatment model for addicts and alcoholics spawned a
government backed program called The Seed and its derivative Straight
Inc. which became an institutional model for a multitude of “tough
love” treatment programs and other correctional behavioural
programs for young people in the USA (including fundamentalist
Christian programs and boot camps). Many of these programs are still
going today, re-inventing themselves under new names after they get
closed down. The problem with young people’s institutions was the
subject of congressional hearings. (I will give info on this in the
next post.) These tough love therapies have also been combined with
institutionalised twelve step drug/alcohol rehabilitation. Some
programs are recognised to involve brainwashing and torture amounting
to child abuse. Law suits have resulted in over $15,000,000 being
paid in compensation to victims of “Tough Love” treatment abuse
http://www.cafety.org/board-of-advisors/693-phil-elberg-esq. I think
this cult tough love has been feeding back into AA from the treatment
centers since at least the mid-1980s; possibly the since the 1970s.
Around 31% of AA newcomers in the USA graduate from treatment
centres. You can find some more info and film about Synanon in the
“Useful Resources, Paul Morantz” thread on this forum. This is an
article about the Synanon cult and its derivatives: “The Cult That
Spawned the Tough-Love Teen Industry”
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2007/08/cult-spawned-tough-love-teen-industry
The troubled teen industry in the USA was also the focus of a recent
conference organised by the International Cultic Studies
Association (ICSA) and Community Alliance for the Ethical Treatment
of Youth (CAFETY) http://icsahome.com/pdf/fax_mail_spev_dc.pdf.
Synanon Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synanon
2.
Drug addicts in AA. Chris R. of the Primary Purpose Group of AA,
Dallas, Texas, is a cocaine addict. Chris R. Cocaine Anonymous
http://www.specialmeetinggroup.com/chris-r.html. Wally P. (Back to
Basics) is also a cocaine addict and a good friend of Chris R. (You
can hear Wally say this in the recording in the following link) Wally
P. Cocaine Anonymous http://www.specialmeetinggroup.com/wally-p.html.
I suspect the likes of others such as Wayne B. of the last Mile
Foundation and Dick B. are also a cocaine addicts; and may themselves
be the products of brainwashing in treatment programs. Chris R. and
Myers R. are also employed by drug rehabs. Info on The Last Mile
Foundation can be found in the AA Minority Report 2013, Appendix 1k
Wayne B, on the aacultwatch blog.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0cW38yqky8uR3hDRGgtVEJqMjg/edit?pli=1
3.
The digging up of cult groups from the 1940s by the likes of Wally P.
and Dick B. and Clarence S. and them teaching “that’s the way it
was” “the original” program; when it wasn’t like that
everywhere. Clarence S was a leader of a faction in Cleveland in the
1940s. The Oxford Group which was not AA, but which the early AA
members broke away from between 1937 and 1939 would be classed today
as a high demand group or cult. The Little Rock group appears to have
been a cult group. Info on these can be found in the AA minority
Report 2013 on the aacultwatch blog.
4.
There seems to be an across the board lack of knowledge of AA
traditions, history and Concepts and apathy/complacency in the
majority; so not many want to, or feel confident to take on
responsibility for real leadership in AA. Those that can lead also
know that they can’t do much unless they are backed by enough in
number from the AA group members.
5.
We are living in an age of fundamentalism and radicalisation in the
world outside AA. This will be having its effects. More info on this
can be found in books such as “cults in our Midst” by Margaret
Thaler Singer, Janja Lalich and Steven Hassan. You can find info on
these in the “useful resources” threads on this forum. I’ll
post info on the congressional hearings soon.”
Cheers
The
Fellas (Friends of Alcoholics Anonymous)
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