On 2005-02-12 21:03:00, 90's Guy wrote:
"See what you odo not realize is that u were all a part of a copy cat program, not the real thing."
There's another way to look at it. The Seed was a failure and Staight, Life, GT, Phoenix House and Daytop were successful. The difference is only that the later programs were able to tow the line while still garnering federal, state and local grants while The Seed floundered as an obscure, little attended cult.
Art had a big heart and good intentions. I'll grant him that. But he had NO concept whatever of the
actual effect he had on real people. It was all about the praise and adulation for him. NIDA didn't offer him that. He had to be a beggaring servant to climb that laddar. He would't do that. Mel and Mickey and Helen and George did.
Don't think I don't give Art credit where due. He was, afterall, a childhood hero of mine. But part of growing up is about auditing all those old accounts. Art gets A+ for good intentions and effort, 0 for followthrough. Shit, by the time I was 14 or so I knew the difference between coerced adulation and genuine respect! What the fuck was wrong w/ Art??
Come in the evening, or come in the morning; Come when you 're looked for, or come without warning.
-- Thomas O. Davis (1814-1845): The Welcome.
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Ginger Warbis ~ Antigen
Seed sibling `71 - `80
Straight South (Sarasota, FL)
10/80 - 10/82
Anonymity AnonymousSome days, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps.