Kris and James,
I retract what I have told the two of you regarding my not being interested in involvement with anything to do with this forum. I must say that it has been most intersting in reading the thoughts of fellow inmates of Straight. Seeing others names out here, folks that I have often wondered about, some I have had contact with since leaving, it all has put me in a different mode of thinking. I have deeply tried for 18 years to put all of that time period behind me. I convinced myself that I was past it all, but the last two days of reading everyone's postings, and my own memories flooding my being, I am uncomfortably aware of my need to be here, with you all, and that I do indeed have much healing to do. Peace to you all, peace to me, and peace to the persons who made all of this possible,(yes, even the executive staffers). I cannot imagine that if they too were not brainwashed, they would never have allowed any of this to occur, after all,they had children in the program. And, who in their right minds would ever subject their children to such atrocities. So, I begin.... Cecile