"You AARColytes always have a hard time separating your sentiments from verifiable facts. In one breath you say that one can "look at it any way you want", while stating emphatically that your sentiment is an unassailable truth. The issue at hand is not whether or not you believe that you were helped. You, and any AARColytes are entitled to your beliefs, and if you can find someone to listen to you, you're entitled to expound on them. The problem is that you insist that your beliefs must be accepted by others, who must then give money and more believers to your organization.
In order to accomplish these two goals, AARC has undertaken to disseminate a body of lies. That is not an opinion, it is a fact.
The principle lies are that the program is a new creation, that it is clinically proven, and that it works.
It is indisputable that the entire AARC program was taken directly from Kids, which was taken from Straight, which was taken from the Seed. To say otherwise is a lie, and AARC says otherwise.
It is also indisputable that the program is not clinically proven. The Seed was judged to be providing experimental treatment, and was obligated to provide it's clients with forms consenting to human experimentation. The Host Home model used in AARC came directly from the Seed. It was determined thirty-five years ago that this ritual was dangerous, and the Seed was unable to comply with legislation drafted to ensure the safety of clients in Host Homes.
There is no evidence that the methods used at AARC work to accomplish the goal of rehabillitating those who are chemically dependent. The only evidence offered by AARC is testimonials from individuals, and their study which showed that most clients in the study group resumed drug and alcohol consumption after treatment in AARC.
"The confrontation/attack therapy that constitutes AARC "treatment" was taken from Synanon. It was dreamed up by Chuck Dederich, a stand-up comedian. Art Barker, founder of the Seed, was also a former stand-up comedian. Dederich admitted late in life that he had no idea how to cure a dope fiend. But AARC continues to use his raps as part of their program of psychic surgery.
There is no scientific basis for AARC's treatment. It is merely the fourth or fifth generation of a set of rituals devised by a pair of comedians.
AARColytes can take the route chosen by Seedlings after the US Congress ruled against using the very same methods used in AARC: take in consenting adults, and leave the kids alone.
AARC was never intended to help kids. It is exists to provide a socio-religious community for parents who can't handle their offspring. Nothing bears this out better than the case of Andrew Mazur. Mazur's father put him in AARC to save him from addiction. Mazur ended up dying in Remand after taking cocaine and either heroin or morphine. AARC's role in the Mazur's family was to save Mazur and he ended up dead. Yet his father continues to praise AARC. AARC gave Mazur Senior what he needed, and his son ended up dead.
The operation was a success, but the patient died."
By the way, guest, I can't speak for Deprogrammed, but but all means I encourage you to go fuck yourself.
