Community of Synanon
Recovery became a permanent communal life.
A residential recovery program grew into a wider communal society.
Who leadsCharles Dederich and senior leaders
The unitResidential communities
Understanding it — context, not catechism: how this passage is held
Synanon began with people seeking recovery from addiction. It later admitted residents without addiction histories and developed shared work and family life. Communal membership increasingly became a lasting commitment. Residents’ accounts include both belonging and coercion.
Reference
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UCLA archival finding aid, read with TIME's independent history of the shift from treatment program to communal experiment.
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