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Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform => Straight, Inc. and Derivatives => Topic started by: starry-eyed pirate on September 09, 2005, 08:31:00 PM

Title: What was it like to be there as the placed closed ??
Post by: starry-eyed pirate on September 09, 2005, 08:31:00 PM

As i endured the torment that was Str8 inc i often fantasized that the program would be shut down.  It occurs to me now that some of you might have experienced this; my fantasy as a reality.  i know that the Springfield program moved first to Columbia,MD for a year or so before it got shut down.  So i am wonderin' how it felt to see the decline and fall of the beast ??  Did enrollment slack off ??  Were phasers transferred to other Str8s ??  Was the group harder to control ??  Did the rules become harder to enforce ??  What was the vibe in the air ??

Title: What was it like to be there as the placed closed ??
Post by: Sophie on September 09, 2005, 11:15:00 PM

I visited the columbia program.  There were about 40 kids there.. my group had like, 250.  It was small and weird..er..weirder .

Title: What was it like to be there as the placed closed ??
Post by: Gah on September 09, 2005, 11:21:00 PM

We had kids come from Seattle Washington. I wasnt there when it happened. I was there after.

Title: What was it like to be there as the placed closed ??
Post by: Dr. Miller Newton on September 10, 2005, 09:32:00 AM

..was one of the most disheartening things that any of you could ever imagine. Almost like losing a loved one. :cry:

Title: What was it like to be there as the placed closed ??
Post by: Dr. Fucktard on September 10, 2005, 09:51:00 AM

I was truly touched when one branch of Straight, Inc. closed, and the clients rioted, demanding to be taken to KIDS of North Jersey.  It was truly heartwarming.  Bittersweet, I must say, but truly moving, the desire to get straight that those druggies felt......

Title: What was it like to be there as the placed closed ??
Post by: Carmel on September 10, 2005, 12:28:00 PM

I was there when California shut down and they trucked all the kids to Dallas.  It was horrendous.  It was the beginning of the end I think...things went to hell in a handbasket after that.

Mostly because the cultures were so different, and staff wasnt prepared to handle the clash in what was acceptable.  For instance, there might be some rule that we followed religiously, and the Cali kids didnt....so we were often left thinking that because they didnt follow the same rule, they were FOS and needed to be reported and were on their way to drugs death or jail, of course.

Title: What was it like to be there as the placed closed ??
Post by: dragonfly on September 10, 2005, 12:31:00 PM

Title: What was it like to be there as the placed closed ??
Post by: Carmel on September 10, 2005, 05:48:00 PM

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On 2005-09-10 09:31:00, dragonfly wrote:

"whole families moved to Texas from CA?
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Some, yes.

Title: What was it like to be there as the placed closed ??
Post by: Anonymous on September 10, 2005, 05:53:00 PM

Had I been in Straight when they kidnapped the children/brainwashed families.. and moved them, I would have for sure been way more violent towards anyone in the program than I was already. That would have completely freaked me out. I would have done anything at that point to run, no matter who I left behind or hurt. Thats insane they did this to children..

I can remeber Staff threatening and taunting  to send me to Fla. to punish me , because they said it was way worse there.