Greg,
Your comments echo in eternity! It is because of this abusive modality, I wish to attend the conference coming up in St. Pete. For I was unaware of Straight's continued existence, (just under a different name), and I feel determined to do everything in my power to prevent anyone else from ever having to endure the abuse which all of us endured to varying degrees.
Shane, you may feel as though you "deserved" Straight, or even feel Straight "saved" you from uncertain doom. The point here is your treatment plan should have been an individual one, not one which involved the same treatment plan for all.
Sure, Straight may have really helped you change the life you were living, but isn't it also possible if you or your family had seeked an actual professional in Drug Addiction and Treatment, you might have achieved the same results, without the abuse you more than likely received from Straight?
I know for me I had never used drugs before going into Straight, but I sure used them after I got out. They introduced me into a world which I had never even known existed, and since I felt I had to be such a part of the "group" after "copping-out", I had to see what they were talking about. And thus my introduction to the drug world. Now here 15 years later I begin to understand, from people like Wes Fager, had Mel Sembler and Newton been stopped in Florida where they should have been stopped, I might never have had to go through my experience, and neither would of you Shane. It is this reason I am determined to do what it takes to expose these places for what they really are.
I hope you will be able to make it to the conference Shane, for I am now more than ever determined to attend.
