It has been said that the seed was a rip off of Art Dietrichs Synanon program - No Syanon, no Seed, no Straight
No Federal treaatment dollars, no Synanon ...
Straight was run by another bunch, by their own set of standards, don't paint them all with the same brush;
Neither one is better/worse than the other but don't make the mistake of assuming they are the same organization.