Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Mission Mountain School
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Anonymous:
I truly respect your opinion and experience, and know that that is true for a great many young kids who get put in treatment. All I know is that my life is amazing the way that I'm living it right now, and I don't really want to change anything because of that. I'm really glad you've found something that works for you. I really believe that if someone's happy than it doesn't matter what they're doing.
I was really just trying to speak John's language when I wrote that and I was honestly nervous about posting the letter because I know the way a good amount of people feel about the program. It's just worked for me, you know? Sorry if that bothers any one. I've really found myself liberated from fear through it, and it's nice. I just thought that if I included that stuff that John might actually listen to me rather than put me in the "can't visit campus" category.
Anonymous:
hi Liz
I went to mms in 02-03 and wanted to tell u that i thought ur letter was really good. i dont say anything bad about mms because I dont want to be thought of as a bad alumni either but lately ive been thinking a lot about the school. I want to tell john how i feel but I think I will be outcasted. have you ever said anything to them before and if you have what have they said? im thinking of writing them too but really I'm terrified about it.
I guess I just want to say thanks for talking about this and please post his answer if you can.
also, did you go to the reunion? how was it if you went and did you think these things while you were there? sometimes i feel like I'm the only one accept Kat who I never met to think thing like that. and that girls wont like me if i say what i really think becasue there are some girls that just say move on like we shouldnt be bothered and it was all a good thing or that were messed up for it. I dont know. what youve done takes courage though that all i can say for sure.
j2
Anonymous:
oh and also hate the way they push the addict thing on us becasue i never had sex and because im feminine they say im a sex addict and for a long time i was scared of my own sexuality like it was a bad thing. im not bashing on aa or sa or anything, really. just making you afraid like that of sex or drugs or drinking or everything it like really fuckd me up. also i didnt like the pushing of the higher power thing because it should be ok to not believe in that but they pushed it on us like we needed to believe. but really that the last of the problems of mms because i think there were so many things that were REALLY bad. but i agree with the aa thing tho too and they shouldnt pretend like were all going to die if we ever come near alcohol and make us feel weird about real world and real life stuff that isnt really not normal. they just make it not normal. we needed therapy most of us and instead i think we got the 12 steps and thats not a subsitution of therapy but they made it into a therapy all by itself in a way.
katfish:
--- Quote ---On 2005-11-20 18:35:00, Anonymous wrote:
" It's just worked for me, you know? Sorry if that bothers any one."
--- End quote ---
Hey Liz- please don't take what I'm saying the wrong way, though I don't think you have. I just wanted to point out some of the misinformation surrounding AA and how that ties back into some of what I imagine to be John's justifications for the type of 'treatment' he practices. And AA works for adults far more than kids, and it does work for a number, albeit small number, of kids. I'm not being at all critical of your experience, I just know that AA actually had a negative impact on my life for a number of reasons and wanted to dispel any myths. If it works for you then that is really great-power to you for real- 100%, but there may be someone who it's not working who is beating their heads against the wall (as I did) and may see this post and recognize that maybe it's not their fault, that they are just following a long tradition and other alternatives may be more effective. 'tis all! :smile:
best- kat
Anonymous:
Go Liz!! Please let us know what he says!
I'm also with you all on the AA issue. There's no room for athiests and also it's very religious based, like the whole inventory like the Christian sin thing...big book=bible and a lot of other things. We should really have more alternatives avl. I used to go to moderation meetings, those were pretty cool. Anyways, peace out ya'lls! love you girls. just wanted to tell liz I admire you though!
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