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32 Years Ago I sat on Front Row

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Sam Kinison:
All Right Now,you organized malcontents!It's Grandpa's turn to talk!

September 21,1977,my odyssey of brain salad surgery began.Miller Newton was,I believe selling junk bonds or doing whatever twisted crooks like him did for a living during the Carter years.William Rollins was over a year away from his intake.Woof and me were yet to meet for another four months.We were in the Rahall warehouse,across the parking lot from the Milton Roy warehouse.I feel sort of alone,because nobody reading this was there when I was "the deer caught in the headlights".The monster was only 385 days old and for all of my rage,I can only sigh and exhale thinking it could have been worse.
Day 30(1 month str8 LOL)began the clinic comedowns ,three days of Seedlike fun and games brought to light by Wes Fager.That weekend,non participants,then known as jerks were taken in the back and roughed up until breaking to tears.Jerry Vancil was one of those and this was the story taken to the St.Pete Times when Jerry escaped.The first day of this picnic began on a Friday.Some genius in staff decided it would be good therapy for Newcomers and Second Phasers to go a whole day without using the rest rooms,including the open meeting.I gathered some parents,learning of this,were seriously pissed off,no pun intended.To this day,I still remember that torture.What twisted mind considered urination a privilege?I keep wondering if Helen was the culprit.
I think a couple of threats of being reporting the program to HRS after that just straightened the 2 live crew(Staff Office at that time)right out.I never saw an incident like that again.Means that something happened.
I still pause to reflect on that day often standing over a commode.Even convicts on death row get to use the bathroom.I still refuse to eat bologna sandwiches today,the standard fare at that time.
And I'll go find something else to do or find a tree before standing in line behind a urinal again.
Mind Control and Discipline through renal abuse,What a concept!!

Anonymous:
Do you find it makes you stronger?
Maybe stronger than you needed to be?

Sam Kinison:
If the saying "What doesn't kill you,makes you stronger"holds true,then I'm forced to answer "Yes".
That sick but true story highlights Straight's biggest shortcoming,their staff was unqualified to collect and dispose trash in an orderly fashion let alone act in a therapeutic capacity.This fact today goes without dispute.
When brought to light to my mother,a well-intentioned but misguided soul,her response goes according to the line of all for the greater good.
I,along with others,ask "What Good?".The program precipitated on the concept that I was an out-of-control drug addict fslling out of a plane without a parachute.When discovering through my post Str8 experimentation that I was not then,nor am not now,a drug addict,I realized that I spent 17 and one half months buying into a total falsehood.I don't believe any good comes from that.
Helen Petermann was unqualified to clean floors in assisted living facility,let alone act in the capacity she held at Str8 during that era.

Anonymous:
Your not alone, I think I was there before you, and spent nearly a year there.  I don't remember anymore but I'm pretty sure I was one of the first 100 intakes, the number got lost with all the other two-digit numbers in my life that represent something I'd rather not think of.

Sam Kinison:
I deciphered your name and I remember you well.You were on Second phase when I came in.You liked to stand up and do some song about "The Thunder Roared and a frog was smashed".There were only four phases at the time(Just a replica of the Seed).To share this wonderful,cursed memory Here was the Chain of Command September 21,1977
Director-Jim Hartz
Second in Command-Helen Petermann
Executive Staff-Marlene Hauser(Robin's Mother)and Laura Morgan
Senior Staff-Dave Crock,Tom V,Lorie M,Marci Moore,Robin,Cynthia Pickart(Later Mrs.Crock)
Junior Staff-Rick Batchelor,John Mac,Lamar,Nancy Gresham,Aimee Wright(The Love of 85DJ's Life),Kathy Vosburgh(A twisted sort),Mike Murphy
Staff Trainee-Liz Cassidy(later Liz Gay)
David,fyi--Chris Cassler,who was coming back to 4th Phase after finishing a 3rd Phase refresher,became a director.
                Doug Hemminger,was still working his way to second phase before having the pleasure of being another constant thorn in Woof's side.
                Wanda Minton was in my intake(Talking about starting something on the right foot)
                Jimmy Cassidy was also in my intake and he was being the genuine person he was,trying to relax me,possibly the only human being in that building.
                Jeff Rahall was my first oldcomer.He split while on Staff Trainee

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