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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / who is still sober
« on: July 24, 2002, 07:06:00 PM »
I drink once in a great while, but that's about it. Doesn't have much to do with the program. More with wanting a different environment for my kids.

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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / 20 year anniversary
« on: June 13, 2002, 01:24:00 AM »
My 20th anniversary of my St. Pete intake is next week. I haven't thought much about what I'll do to "celebrate". Probably spend the evening with my husband and kids, knowing that, thankfully, they will never go through what I did. Congrats to you on making it, in spite of Straight.

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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / Just here to say hi to anyone in St Pete from 82-84...
« on: June 12, 2002, 09:58:00 AM »
Hi Paul, your name sounds familiar. I was in St. Pete during the summer of 82. It was hell on Earth as far as I am concerned. Glad you made it.

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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / flashback
« on: May 30, 2002, 10:58:00 PM »
Ah, yes. Motivating "indian style". My knees are still screwed up from that. I wish they had told us that copping out for a certain number of days would lead to termination. I would have taken off for sure. They probably figured that if we knew that, all their prisoners would escape.

[ This Message was edited by: EarthMother on 2002-05-30 19:59 ]

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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / Christmas at Straight Inc.
« on: May 01, 2002, 09:46:00 AM »
I got the candy and nuts from my oldcomers dad. Nothing from my mom. As far as I remember, newcomers didn't get anything for Christmas from their folks on first phase. This was 1982, before Straight even tried to treat kids like humans.

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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / Christmas at Straight Inc.
« on: April 29, 2002, 11:39:00 PM »
Were you on 1st phase the entire 20 months?

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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / Rapping/Gaming
« on: April 28, 2002, 02:49:00 PM »
I don't recall a "confession" rap in Straight. During the week, most blasting was done during girls or guys rap. On the weekends they saved it for the "Executive Rap" which I think was on Sunday. It was a good opportunity for lesser staff members to show off for the execs. The main raps to be concerned about were the Open Meeting Reviews. Anything and everything was fair game then. Even if you were confronted for something earlier in the week, chances were you would get blasted again after Open Meeting. It was the worst possible time to be in group.

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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / Christmas at Straight Inc.
« on: April 28, 2002, 02:31:00 PM »
My first Christmas in Straight was spent at an oldcomers house. I had been on 1st phase for over 6 months. My host dad made sure I had some presents to open, mostly food-type stuff, candy and nuts, which was nice. Group on the other hand, was awful. Along with the Christmas Carols, which I still hate, Staff asked my brother to talk about his Christmas since he had made 3rd phase already and came in after me. I remember him looking at me the whole time he was talking about the presents my mom gave him and the meal she cooked, with that s.h.i.t.t.y   smirk on his face. Then the staff member asked me how I felt. Not wanting to get started over AGAIN, I said I was happy for my brother and determined to be home with him soon. Actually I wanted to dive across group and break his damn neck.
The next Christmas I was on 5th phase. Standing at the side of group, singing those awful Carols during open meeting and watching my newcomer carve in her arms for 3 hours while being instructed by staff to ignore her or face a start-over.

Merry F'ing Christmas

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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / any good days that you can recall?
« on: April 28, 2002, 02:11:00 PM »
oops, sorry. I forget that not everyone was in Straight, on 5th phase, etc. The OBS book was a notebook that stayed on the 5th phase desk. I think it stood for "Observations". Basically it was a tattle sheet. 5th phasers would write notes about other phasers - "John Smith looks guilty today." "Jane Doe is thinking about copping out." Stupid shit most of the time. Alot of it was invented, purely to look good in the eyes of staff who read it daily.

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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / any good days that you can recall?
« on: April 26, 2002, 11:36:00 PM »
I didn't get set back for taking the 7 days off in a row, but another 5th Phaser wrote in the OBS book - something like "Where Are You?"  I wrote something shitty back, got confronted for having a bad attitude and for not coming in on my days off. I still took every one, probably why I was on 5th phase for 6 months. That was one screwed up place.

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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / cop out rumors
« on: April 24, 2002, 01:13:00 AM »
I didn't dare cop out in St. Pete. Several of the host homes I stayed at were quite a distance from the building, I don't know where, but they had tall chain-link fences around the houses to keep the 'gators out! I viewed staying as better than getting my ass eaten.

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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / any good days that you can recall?
« on: April 24, 2002, 01:03:00 AM »
Days off on 5th phase were tolerable. I had 7 days off in a row once. I got confronted for taking every damn one of them, but it was worth it. As for specific good days, there weren't any.

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