Look, people do get brainwashed! The last time I split from Straight; the only successful attempt; I could not have made it, or not so easily or comfortably, w/o help from my brother and his wife. My brother was a Seed graduate and his wife had been a Sr. Staffer at The Seed. My mom had taken me to visit them for my fifth phase out of town trip. I didn't say or do anything to get into trouble, but apparently the things my mother and I talked about as normal gave them enough clues to know that something was maybe a bit more fucked up than their experience w/ The Seed. So when I showed up on their doorstep asking to stay, they invited me in.
She, maybe both of them, were still a little bit into the kool-aid, I think. They were OK w/ me living there, working, trying to get into school, even though my mom was accusing them of trying to kill me (by helping me avoid the life-saving treatment at Straight) But when I started spending some of my money and spare time out going to movies at night w/ young men and not explaining my plans (didn't have any) or divulging details of any romantic encounters, they freaked the hell out and decided that the good and right thing to do would be to kick me out rather than enable this druggie behavior.
People are complex. Most of the time, we don't even fully understand our own motivations, far less anyone else's.
That which does not kill you can make you stronger, but I really never needed to be this strong.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/5580/straight.html' target='_new'>Scott Wagner
