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« on: July 13, 2003, 03:44:00 AM »
Most of what's being said about staying after age 18 is in the ballpark of what I meant by "staff/family induced fear". You leave the program on 4th or 5th phase, can't find stability out there your first few days, so you get in contact with family then they stick ya back in Straight. They (staff/family) basically use your brief experience with instability to get you back in. It happened to me too when I left after only 1 week on 2nd phase. I was gone for 2 or 3 weeks. I came home then wound up back in Straight.
I wasn't sure whether or not to call this an effect of brainwashing because on one hand, it is an escaped client seeking stability, which is normal. On the other hand, it's the lack of ability to find stability after age 18 for someone still in such a program, which isn't normal. What I really meant by severely brainwashed was people like those 20 year devotees like the ones Ginger was talking about.