During the end of my stay in Dallas, the facility in California shut down and they were all sent to our building. Now, I am thinking this was an actual Straight Program, not a KIDS, but I wonder now if it actually was a KIDS. Anyway.....I see now that lots of people were present for the merging of the Straights as they closed down.
Was it very difficult for you all to adjust to the way the other kids did things? Like, I remember how much we all couldnt stand the kids from Cali because their rules were different and it threw our entire concept of "honesty" off kilter.
I dont believe we dislike the actual kids themselves...just the way they did things mostly. Did any of you who went through this experience the same frustrations?
For example...their definition of being aware was extremely loose. We had to have eyes open and fixed on newcomers at all times...even if it meant walking backwards or feeling around with your hands for something. They were allowed to turn their backs on them as long as they were in the same room. To us, that was grounds for being a misbehaver almost....total dishonesty if you turned your back on a newcomer.....not that I dont think it is insane now...but then it was really hard to deal with....
Any thoughts?