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« on: August 22, 2009, 11:18:38 AM »
To the last poster:
It seems we were in a completely different program. Or maybe it was circumstance. I was a teenager and not a drug user . It was common that if a family member was in the program, all the family should be. I was another body. I was lied to , being told i was going to visit my sister. I never came home. My clothing was gone through and stolen and i was sent to live with strangers. I know to this day, my parents had no idea where I was or where my siblings were. Seems like that should have been illegal. The staff who controlled the place were substance abusers that were court ordered there in lieu of prison. My mother was told I would die, go to jail or be insane if I didn't go there. All lies. My immediate family produced 6 bodies, ages 9-16. I was a good student, worked and was saving money for college. That ended the day I was admitted. I missed nearly a year of school before my father pulled me out. He was out of town working when we were admitted. I graduated from an adult program to catch up and left home at seventeen. The way things were done there still have an impact on me emotionally and mentally. It was cruel, harmful and a nasty place. The fact that cigerettes were OK to give a minor to this day still baffles me. Wasn't that against the law ?
Art Barker wasn't interesting. He was a hack who lied to the State of Florida, lied about his past (he was a common thief and uneducated) and was a failed comic/actor. His ego got in the way of helping others. Sadly, he believed his own lies. Which was probably how it was so easy to sell all those people he dupped.He amassed a fortune with the government sponsered seed money and is now dying in his palatious condo overlooking the intracoastal waterway with views of the water. I remember his presence at the seed, it was a lot like videos I have seen of people like Jim Jones or Rev. Moon.
Our experience seems quite different.
Just sayin