On 2003-04-01 14:34:00, Anonymous wrote: "i have tried to put my experiences at sr84 in perspective and 20 yrs later it is very difficult to focus on the 'process' the seed was very small by the time my mom signed me in. my parents lived far away & were restricted from visiting. they were 'allowed one visit- they flew to Florida- spent one afternoon with me. Libby told my parents that they could not see me again the next day -i hadn't 'progressed far enough in my treatment' I had been in the program for SIX MONTHS. My mother told me just this year that she considered jumping from the Balcony at the Bahia mar that night. She new the seed was a cult-but could not do anything- my father told her I had to stay- i had pulled alot of shit at home & had been through two schools, i did have MAJOR PROBELMS. but I lost three years of my life at the seed. "I love you" as a code word- thousands of bologna sand. metal chairs for hours... more later " |
Twenty years ago???!!! Ok, thanks for blowing a hole in what I thought was (finally) an answer to some of my questions.
I went into Straight, Inc. about 21½ years ago and got out two years later. At the time, I was under the impression that Art had turned my mother down when she tried to put me in, citing the 'no kids who have been through other treatment' clause. I hadn't been through other treatment, but I'd hardly missed an open meeting since my older brothers went in sometime around 70 or 72. I had major problems too, but the only real shit I'd pulled was running away and hitchhiking cross-country to try and avoid going to The Seed.
A couple of years ago, I heard that The Seed had been under investigation, closed all but the one location (I had long since quit paying any more attention to OM rap than I did the minister's sermons at church... probably less, as I
like the minister.) As part of the "we'll pretend to comply till you're not breathing down our necks" song and dance, they were supposed to have quit taking minors.
So now this has made sense until now. Now I don't know wtf happened, my sane parent passed on a few years ago and I don't speaking with any of my Seedling relatives. So I'm back to wondering. How did I land up in Straight instead of The Seed and did I get a better or worse deal than the rest of them?
The world may never know.
Anyway, glad you found us. Hope you find something you're looking for laying around here.
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