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I split from 2nd pase when my foster brother, Dave Pipkin, got put on a 3day away from home.  I didn't trust him, so as soon as I knew I wouldn't have to deal with him, I got up early in the morning and walked out of the motel room my dad had rented.  I called some friends back home and they bought me a bus ticket.  I stayed at my friend's place, slept on the couch for about a month, until one day I woke up with a detective and a bunch of Straight parents surrounding me.  They found out where I was staying from a Phys. Ed. intern at my old school who had seen me at a record store.  He wrote down the tag number of the car I got into, which was registered to my friend at the house I was staying in.  No-good busybody!

I came back, got confronted, etc. and left again from school in Tampa after scamming my way to 4th phase.  I think I'd been on 4th for about 3 0r 4 days.  I hid out in the woods in Tampa for a little while, then got accosted by Steve Meade, Bill Yacko, Richard Monterro, and a couple of other goons.  They brought me to some house (Yacko's?) and watched me that night and took me back to Straight the next day.  Straight tried to get my parents to try to court order me there after that, and my dad filed the papers in Duval county instead of Pinellas or Hillsborough, so I actually had a chance of winning. It was an amazing coincidence how the abuse was toned down once I had a court date--I guess they didn't want me to be able to show the judge any bruises. Andrew Keane and some other Straightling phaser went with me to court.  At the hearing, they decided to delay it for three or four days so my count-appointed lawyer, the great Stephen O. Parker, esq., could prepare my case.  Andrew Keane nearly shit a brick when my lawyer told him that I did not have to go back to Straight.  They had  a hissy fit until the State's lawyer said he'd call the cops to get them to take me to juvie until the hearing.  The honorable Mr. Parker advised me to go back to Straight until the hearing, telling me that he didn't see any way that they would be successful in their attempt to court order me.  I went back to Straight, played air guitar and cliqued with other misbehaver/non-complying types ( a big round of applause to Dave Lively, John Sullivan, and a couple of others whose names escape me now--thanks for the support!) for about 3 days, then went to my hearing with Kurt Jones and Richard Monterro. That limey faggot child-abusing ex-priest Chris Yarnold was Straight's expert--what a joke. Straight also had some lie-filled deposition by one of their quack shrinks, too.  The shrink had called me "the most happy-go-lucky fuck up" he had ever seen.
 When the judge said those magic words, "I deny the motion", I broke out laughing and shook my lawyer's hand.  Kurt Jones looked like he was going to cry, Richard Monterro looked stunned, like he couldn't believe that the Almighty Straight's plans had been thwarted, Yarnold shook his head, and some Straight parent who was there for kicks got a disgusted look on his face and walked out of the courtroom.  He told me in the hallway "You'll never work for me" (ooh what a threat) to which I replied "Damn right I won't".  I was free. :wave:  

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Your sponsor says it's OK for you to drink

[ This Message was edited by: RTP2003 on 2004-03-01 08:22 ]

Thought all you Steve Meade fans out there would be interested in this.  Maybe you can write him and thank him for the therapy he provided at Straight.  According to the FL Department of Corrections website, he is on probation for vehicular homicide/DUI. Anyway, his address is:

1105 Huron Ct
Oviedo,FL 32708

Write him and let him know your "feelings" about his antics as a Straight Staff Member.


I know I plan on writing him and thanking him for all his efforts on Straight's behalf.

Love ya, Steve!

Hi

If anyone wishes to email me personally, I will be glad to share
with them the reasons I believe NA/AA/12 Step groups to be harmful
not only to individuals, but to society as a whole.

For a pretty thorough look at this topic, you can also go to
http://www.recovery.org .

These cult groups are NOT an effective means of treating addiction.
By their own admission, 95% of participants drop out within the
first year, 50% within the first month (1989 AA Triennial Report).

In the Stepcraft brainwashing manual "12 Steps and 12 Traditions", a
guide for would-be "sponsors", they even tell stepcraft practioners
to encourage drinking/drug use by potential cultists that have not
embraced the fallacious concept of "powerlessness" in hopes that the
person will "hit bottom" and eventually come into the fold. This is
a sick, twisted, and irresponsible tactic that has resulted in the
death of many people.  When this occurs, the cultists use the
deceased as an example of what will inevitably occur to those that
don't "do it the NA way".  They truly do society, and addicts in
particular, a grave disservice by spreading disinformation on the
nature of addiction and other forms of treatment, the success of
which they routinely deny or disqualify by saying "those people
weren't real addicts".

NA/AA/other forms of stepcraft have all of the earmarks of cults--
Religious orientation; irrationality; rigidity; dogmatism; anti-
intellectualism; a charismatic leader (Bill W[ilson]); a
heirarchical authoritarian structure; submission of the individual
will to "the will of God"; a claim to the ultimate truth; separitism
(us vs. the world mentality); exclusivity (only through us...);self-
absorption (primary focus is on the cult itself); economic
exploitation; going to great lengths to retain members; mind  
control techniques; intimidation; manipulation through guilt;
threats of death (Big Book predicts it for dropouts and
nonbelievers); harrassment; deceptive recruiting techniques; closed,
all-encompassing environments (treatment centers where people are
deprived of all non-cult reading material, contact with family or
friends, or telephone access), etc.

The fact that NA/AA has so well infiltrated and subverted legitimate
recovery techniques and methods in the USA( often using the judicial
system to forcibly recruit new members, a flagrant violation of the
US Constitution which has been successfully challenged every time it
has gone to court, thankfully) and other nations has undoubtedly
resulted in the continued suffering and deaths of many unfortunate
addicts who may well have successfully treated their addictions had
other treatment options been known to, or made available to them.

NA/AA/12 Step IS a CULT with no concern for individual addicts, only
for it's own continuation and cancer-like growth.  It has portrayed
itself as a benevolent organization that seeks to help addicts, when
in reality it has caused untold suffering to the very groups it
purports to be serving.

Thank you

RTP2003