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ASR Alumni Interview
Anne Bonney:
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Can you tell a story of a situation that resulted in positive growth for you? Even if you didn't see it at the time?
My situation occurred while I was 13 months into my program and about to leave for Costa Rica and graduate three months later. I went on my last home visit first, and relapsed. I woke up in the hospital and started to freak out because I knew I had messed up my life now. Why would my mom think that I was going to change or had changed if I came home near the end of my program and got alcohol poisoning? It was an uncomfortable situation for my family and for me. I was disappointed in myself and I knew it was going to be a lot of work to get back on track. My mom and I had a huge dispute about returning to ASR. She said I was not going back and she never wanted to see me again, and I was begging her to please let me go back to ASR. I knew being around her wasn't going to get any better and ASR would help me work through my mistakes. Finally she brought me back. Since I had relapsed, I was not allowed to go to Costa Rica with my peer group, which really upset me; but it was probably a good thing it happened. Even though I relapsed and paid the consequences, it was a positive growth event for me in that it made me realize what is important in life and how my decisions affect everyone around me.
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Gee....I wonder if the "relapse" had anything to do with either the self-fulfilling prophecy (if you leave you'll be deadinsaneorinjail) or just from the simple fact that she had been isolated for so long and kinda went a little off, or both.
I wonder what would have happened if this kid had been allowed to simply grow up and out of her "bad behavior" like most kids do by suffering the natural consequences of their actions.
Anne Bonney:
--- Quote from: "The gatekeeper" ---I don't get it. Why would these Johnny Jerk offs advertise a story about a person relapsing if they want to make allot of money. :smashcomp:
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Because if they 'relapse' they get sent back, which means more money for the Jerk Offs.
Ursus:
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--- Quote from: "Anne Bonney" ---Hmmmmm, I would imagine that there are other Alum Interviews. Why not post them all instead of cherry picking?
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Most businesses go through them all and pick the best one or two and present them. The negative ones would never be posted we all know that plus the good ones help with their marketing. Any negative interviews would not help too much.
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So, in other words this is blatant advertising taken right from a marketing website? Yup! Shaw `nuff!
http://www.swiftriver.com/enews/v11issue1/alumni.html
What do ya'll think? Should I ax the entire thread or is there any useful, relevant conversation going on further down the page?
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I'd say leave it. It makes for good target practice! :D
Gotta hone up them critical thinking skills...
::unhappy:: ::unhappy:: ::unhappy::
Anne Bonney:
I vote to leave it.
Troll Control:
--- Quote from: "Whooter" ---I really dont think she would be interested too much.
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Translation: "I fabricated a daughter."
Anyway, back when Whooter's posts were strung together and it showed he had over 7,000 anonymous posts he claimed it was his wife and daughter doing the posting. He has also claimed his daughter never posted here. There is no daughter, people. No daughter, no son, no "program success story"...it's all fake.
Whooter has told so many lies that he can no longer keep them straight. He tells all sorts of stories with all different, mutually exculsive details. He doesn't even know when his fabricated daughter went to ASR. He changed that story a half dozen times, too.
Aspen's whole story and Whooter's whole story are straight-up fiction.
I spend a lot of time in northern Vermont and have a hunting/fishing lodge right on Isle La Motte in Lake Champlain (right over the causeway from St. Albans) and I can tell you for a fact that there isn't even a Costco in St. Albans. The closest one is all the way down by Burlington and nobody is going to make that drive for a part-time job. The whole story is just plain old phony.
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