Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Brat Camp
Redcliffer
Anonymous:
Excuse me....
Anonymous:
Excuse me ....
Anonymous:
You're standing on my neck. Step off, please. Thank you.
Anonymous:
i went through RCA and yea sure there is some bullshit that goes on there but atleast the staff arent like my experiences with juvies or state run institutions where staff really dont care; i mean shit, they dont fucking throw you into walls for moving in line or looking at them "smart". Kids at the Youth Center used to get broken noses and scars up and down their faces while being 'restrained' for trivial things. Though i do admit Redcliff was a hellofalot more extreme than any other bootcamp or instituion ive been to in that there is real physical and mental strains that you wont find else where (i went 2 1/2 months eating rice and lentils with no spices at all because i couldnt get two sticks to produce a flame-- and without fire you cant get past phase 1, thus wont graduate, thus stuck in a depression purgatory like state) and the fact that you are in the middle of nowhere, you dig holes with sticks, wipe your ass with bark, and go out and strip when its 0 degrees out and wash yourself (always wash your body first, your hair will freeze), RCA and privately owned 'behavioral health' institutions still are just nicer holding cells for the rich and middleclass youth of america. Fuck eating ramen noodles and canned potatoes for months and months after i graduated just to make ends meet from the 30,000 dollar deficit my mom had isnt a good trade off for a couple of months where i was out of trouble (6 months after grad camp, im got arrested and 2 years later am still on intensive probation for my misdeeds--so no, $30,000 isnt worth a life time but merely a few fuckign months and some chest hair)
-----David "White Falcon"
Anonymous:
It took my son 4 weeks to get fire but to this day it is one of his proudest accomplishments... maybe that is sad to say but it is true.
It was the first thing he wanted to show us when we got there.
But then maybe he is a different kind of kid because he wants to go back as staff as soon as he turns 19. He loved it...
He did say that it was the most extreme of the wilderness programs in that it was the most physically demanding -- but that is something that he is proud of cause he made it!
He hiked over 400 miles in the 104 days he was there and says he misses it...
Time will tell -- I stopped even posting to this site because if you have a different take on anything you get beat up pretty bad.
I'm interested in if you ever became really engaged in the program -- if you did what caused you to relapse? Also if you don't mind -- what could your parents have done that would have helped you when you were in height of your issues...
I value your insight and experience.
Thanks
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