Has anyone here ever heard of Cenikor? We used to be threatened in Straight about this place and KIDS as well. Cenikor was supposed to be the Straight for adults, although it was apparently way more hardcore, and I dont know if the two were actually affiliated in any way. There is a huge facility here in Houston, and if I am not mistaken it originated here. We actually had a guy on staff for a while that had completed the Cenikor program, his main function I think was to threaten us about Cenikor and how awful it was at each and every opportunity. Their minimum program length was 2 years, and that was in-patient. The guy who we knew seemed like he was spritually burned out. I can imagine. My cousin went into Cenikor way after I got out of Straight, and I think he consented to it, but once he was in they kept him from leaving, physically and otherwise.
Its interesting how other and older programs (KIDS, etc.) were always used to make us feel greatful that we were lucky to have it so good. I couldnt pinpoint what we ever did to have to be reminded of how un-appreciative we were...but it happened often. There was a boy in our program who had actually been in the El Paso KIDS program for three or so years before coming to Dallas, the he was there for close to another two years. he had been in treatment for most of his adolescent life.