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The following entries were submitted on the geocities version of the Surviving Straight Inc website (geocities closed all US geocities websites mid Oct 2009)  between August 2006 - Ocober 2009 and were subsequently transfered to this website in reverse chronological order.

First Name : Kirsten
Email : imkirsten@hotmail.com
Comment :



First Name : Lynda Bitney-Guzman
Email : guzmandantelyn@aol.com
Comment : I am a Straight survivor, along with my brother and sister, we were all in Straight, in Dallas, TX.



First Name : David Miracle
Email : mr_miracle_2000@yahoo.com
Comment : in orlando 19881989




First Name : Amy
Email : amyebaugh@yahoo.com
Comment : sucks dosnt it



First Name : jake lumsden
Email : jakepriode@yahoo.com
Comment : peace to everyone. no one understands what straight really was or is,unless you were there and even then you dont know talk about confused



First Name : David Miracle
Email : mr_miracle_2000@yahoo.com
Comment : I am a straight cop out not a surviver it has wrecked my life I cant keep a job I refuse to answer the door or the phone unless I know who it is.I now have a wife & 4 kids I escaped from orlando in 1989 only to be returned later hat next month by my famil



First Name : John kelly
Email : sonosnakeus@yahoo.com
Comment : Brain need to be updated with whos still around.Your mom was cool.wheres jason mays



First Name : John Kelly
Email : sonosnakeus@yahoo.com
Comment : (89-91)atlanta-My life is going well so far.Wheres Bill pierce,michael Baleu,kelly harrison,penn,hunter..i miss the poker games...Drew craver..mark butcher?send email im in NC



First Name : mike
Email : healthwealthandwisdom1@rocketmail.com
Comment : spent 2yrs in cinci and was on staff in st pete i have no regrets except i miss alot of people i met i think it helped me and lots of others sorry some of you dont think so try to forgive and move on it was better than the deaths my druggy friends had. i



First Name : emily
Email : cabinetem@aol.com
Comment : ATl 1-90 6-90



First Name : Curtis
Email : curt_s76@yahoo.com
Comment : Sibling in the late 80s. My brother is Eric Sowers. God, that still makes me afraid of being confronted for squawking. That place was a nightmare, and I was only a sibling!



First Name : Tom Marshall
Email : ashevilleveedub@earthlink.net
Comment : My name is Tom Marshall, I spent 4 days short of a year in Straight Inc. in 1989-90. I believe that negativity breeds negativity. Check out folks who were in these places years later, many are now dead, such as my friend Johnathon Dupree. Motivation by fe



First Name : william
Email :
Comment :



First Name : Lori
Email : loriscott.austin@gmail.com
Comment : I was in Straight Dallas/Irving around 88-89. I was there 11 1/2 months. It forever changed my life. Ive often wondered what happened to everyone.




First Name : Keith
Email : treetopstreesrvc@aol.com
Comment : Hey man I ran so fast across that big a** parking lot right to streets of Atlanta Ga. I lost my identy there. Im lucky to be here I put a 45 to my head and pulled the trigger. U cant even tell I hansome as ever BANG



First Name : John Keith
Email : treetopstreesrvc@aol.com
Comment : Hey Brian Reddicks Yhea I remember you. Your home was my host family. I didnt know you were faking. You go I never forgot you or your parents. I as specially want to say your cool. I am not so fortunate. When I left straight I called my mom and told her I



First Name : jean
Email : jeanadamsbruening@hotmail.com
Comment : Straight Cinci. from June 82 - Dec. 83...abused, ran, brought back, faked my way through and turned 18 and got away - Thank God. Anyone else from then? Read Carolyns story - remember me? Email me - I remember you - big glasses right? They had you making u



First Name : ken cox
Email : kmcservices@bellsouth.net
Comment : i was in the atlanta ga prograM FROM JULY 1987 TO FEB 1989. was on staff as a 5th phase trainee. saw alot of abuse and endured it too



First Name : jason kolstad
Email : shauntelkolstad@yahoo.com
Comment : i spent 23 months in straight and 22 years later the nightmares are still there! i was in the one in virginia from feb. 1987 to jan. of 1989. noone should ever have to live in this hell. to this day i still wont forgive my mom for what i went through.



First Name : tegan
Email :
Comment : what a horrible, devastating experience to have to live.I wish i could strike those evil people down



First Name : Robyn
Email : robyn.cox@gmail.com
Comment : I am a survivor. thank God it is over.



First Name : Brian R
Email : breddicks@msn.com
Comment : ATLANTA STRAIGHT 88-90/ 22 MONTHS THAT PLACE WAS F@# AWFUL, I DID GRADUATE NO OTHER CHOICE, I WAS TOO YOUNG TO WAIT TILL I WAS 18. I LIED MY ASS OFF TO DO IT THOUGH. 20 YEARS LATER IM STILL SO F&^%$ GLAD TO BE FREE!!!!!!!ANYBODY REMEMBERS ME PLEASE FEE



First Name : Amy
Email : amybweber4@yahoo.com
Comment : KHK(Hebron)1985-1987 and KidsCope (Columbus) 1987-1988. 3 years of brainwashing,humiliation, and fear. Looking for more info on KidsCope..not a rumor it was real.



First Name : BRAD B
Email : toothylives@yahoo.com
Comment : FUCK Straight. 1988 ~1989 Richardson building! I was brainwashed into claiming I was an addict at 13 but wasnt. 50000000 shots of heroin later and been on methadone since I was 18, I sure the fuck am now! Appreciate the help, bitches.



First Name : Kara
Email : kararattermann@yahoo.com
Comment : EMAIL ME. I have to talk to someone about my brother in a rehab center. I think they are doing the same to him, its name is: Kids Helping Kids (Pathway)



First Name : BRAD.F
Email : bradfinger@ymail.com
Comment : Atlanta. 25 years ago. worst hell of my life.i can still here the screaming.



First Name : Jamie Urbont
Email : jamiebeth1972@yahoo.com
Comment :



First Name : Jennifer
Email : jnhquincy
Comment : Sept 85- aug 86 Stoughton Mass Got me through but gave me a severe case of OCD



First Name : rick
Email : rickcurran66@hotmail.com
Comment : I spent 3 years at st pete!!!! wish there was a way to get them back



First Name : Chad
Email : chad.rhodes@union-psce.edu
Comment : I was in Dallas Straight (Richardson and Las Calinas). I spent eight months on first phase. I spent a lot of time four-pointed on the floor. I was a mis-behavior for six months of my eight month saty. I had stretch marks on my *&% for ever after I finally



First Name : Jeff
Email :
Comment : What the heck? I am shocked. Straight helped me back in 1984. If it werent for them, Id be dead or in prison.



First Name : KIMBERLY
Email : KSWINGERT@YAHOO.COM
Comment : DOUG BELL I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU ....YEARS LATER WE HAD STRAIGHT IN COMMON. I HATE ALL DRUG REHABS..........I DONT TRUST NOR WILL I EVER....FUCK YOU ALL INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT (UNLESS YOU ARE OBAMA AND THEN I SAY ROCK ON YOU HOT BIRACIAL FUTURE PRESIDAN



First Name : KIM
Email : KSWINGERT@YAHOO.COM
Comment : IN CINCINNATI STRAIGHT FROM 5/82 UNTIL MY MOTHER WISED UP AND I WAS ABLE TO GET THE HELL OUT. MY FATHER STILL BEING THE DUMB ASS THAT HE WAS PROBABLY STILL BELIEVES....LOL I STILL HAVE TO LAUGH AT WOMEN AND MOTHERS WISDOM, GOD HELP ALL OF THEM....I REMEM



First Name : Sharon
Email : sharogirl@yahoo.com
Comment : I was at the Springfield, VA HELL from 2/86 throught 8/07. Still traumatized.



First Name : Nancy
Email : long2go@myway.com
Comment : I will never forgive myself for what my son went through at Straight in Marietta GA..It was and still is a nightmare for him and changed him forever. He will also never forgive me or his Dad.



First Name : Scott
Email : d5ending@yahoo.com
Comment : I was in Straight Atlanta IN 1985-1988. I copped out on 4th phase.I will never forget what it was like to be in Straight.I would like to to get plug in with anyone who was there.



First Name : Kelly
Email : kelly_wilson15@yahoo.com
Comment : I just want to say that my heart goes out to all of you who have survived and to those who did not. This is truly a horrible thing. Ive found this site and others through research, because I thought my 16 year old Son needed to be helped Im thankful for



First Name : Michelle
Email :
Comment : It is such a deep, sad and lonely feeling living a life no one I know will ever understand... Orlando Straight 89-90



First Name : David Kwilos
Email : davidkwilos@yahoo.com
Comment : I AM A SURVIVOR?



First Name : Marina
Email : marina27077@yahoo.com
Comment : I was at the Virginia straight like 20 years ago. They psycologically, physically & sexually abused me. I wasnt even using drugs...it was presented as a reform program. Well after I was able to sign myself out at 18 I damn well used every and any drug to



First Name : Tom
Email : ashevilleveedub@earthlink.net
Comment : client from 1989-1990, 1 year



First Name : Daniel
Email : danb64@hotmail.com
Comment : I have lasting affects from those monsters that tried to steal my adlolescnes from me. Dan Bradley I was there 84-85 in Stoughtn MA Evans Drive Is there anyone out there who remembers me? I turned 16 in that hell hole. I am now 37



First Name : justin
Email :
Comment : that place was an absolute nightmare and from them not letting me go to school it blew my chance at a b-ball scholarship

First Name : Scott
Email : slocumotion@msn.com
Comment : Im a surviver of Sarasota STRAIGHT. Then I was transfered to Atlanta STRAIGHT, Then I was put in a spin off program that one of the founding parents of STAIGHT in St.Pete started. This was the LIFE Program in Osprey FL. I spent from 1982-1984 in and out o



First Name : Dan Kennett
Email : djkncs@aol.com
Comment : Springfield 86-88. I was originally from Raleigh,NC. Any people from that era, feel free to hit me up.



First Name : Johnny Dowd
Email : john.g.dowd@disney.com
Comment : Pinellas Park (ST. Pete) 85-86. Crazy 2 years that I try not to think about. Will never tell my children about the place that is for sure. Sadly was there when the Dallas program started and broke off. Good kids in a shitty situation is all I can say. Goo



First Name : Kim
Email : kimvano123@yahoo.com
Comment : Springfield Straight: April 85 - March 87.



First Name : melissa
Email : thatmelchick@gmail.com
Comment : i am never surprised when i hear someone killed him/herself, yet it always brings the darkness back home... and i find myself searching for condolences on these websites. i heard Monica Stewart of the Springfield program killed herself last week. Straight


First Name : Jill Morris
Email : gideonsgrace@aim.com
Comment : St. Pete, 82-84. There is so much to say, in such a small space... the faces will always be there. I wonder about so many of you and cry from time to time for myself and others.



First Name : Masha
Email : chirper@mac.com
Comment : I feel so much horror as I read these true stories. I am so sorry for anyone involved with this abusive cult. It makes my heart ache. I hope that the organizations have to pay expensive law suits. You are doing a service by providing information to parent



First Name : William Buehner
Email : binky8501@aol.com
Comment : although not a client, I am a family meber of a straight survivior and escapee actually and see to this day the effects that place had on my sister and friend. I was actually coerced into helping kidnap both of them to the program in Mass. I ahte the fact



First Name : Sheila
Email : tolerable2day@hotmail.com
Comment : Straight Warehouse St Pete 76-78 I think..not past 78 tho..checked out on my 18th birthday



First Name : Ashley
Email : funkeediva1@yahoo.com
Comment : My love to all those, who like me, survived the brutalities of Straight Inc. and my love to all the families of those who did not survive the nightmares. May you rest in PEACE, may you never know another nightmare..



First Name : Mark glover
Email : mark@filminglocations.com
Comment : I was a client and a staff member,I still cant this out of my head.The worst part is I had never done drugs.I was 14 and force to lie my way out by then I had already been brainwished and became a staff member.I apologize this has deeply affected my life



First Name : Jacob Schaff
Email : schaffjud@yahoo.com
Comment : P.S. That was from 7/88 to 9/90



First Name : Jacob Schaff
Email : schaffjud@yahoo.com
Comment : I was in str8 Springfield, VA for 26 months till I turned 18 and signed out. Never made it past 3rd Phase cuz I didnt have it in me to act like that to others. I ran away 5 times.



First Name : Michael greenbaum
Email : edable1earth@yahoo.com
Comment :



First Name : michael
Email : edable1earth@yahoo.com
Comment : I was put into straight the very 1st day it opened.My parents picked me up from BocaCagaH.S.&for the next2&ahalf yearsI watched as it grow from5 too well over500 &3 location moves.Alot of what I have bein reading on the web is true.I am living in calf. my



First Name : Bridget Carpenter
Email : xxcatwoman73xx@hotmail.com
Comment : Straight Dallas 90-91...



First Name : Kim Gordon
Email : jagintl@bellsouth.net
Comment : Cinn 84-85 I think?



First Name : Paul Palermo
Email : palermopaul@hotmail.com
Comment : I was at that hell hole in St.Pete. in 1991. I was there for 7 months. I was abused on a daily basis. I want them all to pay. I moved back to Toronto Canada, but the memories are still alive. DAMN YOU!



First Name : Lisah
Email : lhornerstudios@comcast.net
Comment : I am a Straight victim from the Sarasota warehouse in 1980 for 6 months at age 15. While I definitely needed counseling and wished I had the opportunity to speak with a professional clinician -one that I could confide in, I was never given the chance. Aft



First Name : Sean
Email : zeslain_1@yahoo.com
Comment : Thank you for your site,I was a victim for 18 months at the st. pete compound



First Name : David M.
Email : brynnerhead@hotmail.com
Comment : Stoughton ma.88-90 got knocked back down to 1st phase,from 4th phase then 5th phase for sleeping with my ex druggie girlfriendof all things,finally graduated and went on staff.To those who were there with me,stay with me,we dont need to lose anyone else.



First Name : Ralph T
Email : rtreciokassps@bellsouth.net
Comment : I was on both ends, inmate and staff. Sorry



First Name : DavidQ
Email :
Comment : PS. I was in the cincinnati compound



First Name : David Q
Email : jeromequigley@aol.com
Comment : It was actually nice to see things written from other people who went through straight. I was in from 82-85. That is a part of my life I do not really talk about because no one but others in there understand what you are talking about. I am just glad to k



First Name : Mark
Email : egoincinerator@teamego.com
Comment : Mark D. POW/Stoughton 4.13.88-1.2.90 Still think about the place after all these years..



First Name : tim ashley
Email : tashlejr@sbcglobal.net
Comment : i only wish i knew what hapened to me i dont understand my mind in 96 i attempted to kill my selfe my mind is a mess i was taged a misbehavior when i was in strait and i hurt alot of people when i was in there for that i am sorry i wanted to just b left a



First Name : tim ashley
Email : tashlejr@sbcglobal.net
Comment : i spent 10 months and 15 days in straight in spring field va in 1989 i still wake some times wondering where i am . i saw many people hurt and many where my friends i never felt the same after straight



First Name : bob
Email :
Comment : i was only 12



First Name : john moncrief jr
Email : johnmoncrief@charter.net
Comment : i am staight here me roar janitor of the week for month on end sure helpme in the custodly job industry.. at least i fucked a lot of them up while i was there.anybody there atlanta 83-86 think i was the only one to get kicked out cause they were scared



First Name : john moncrief jr
Email : johnmoncrief@charter.net
Comment : spent over 3 years in atlanta 83-87 still havent gotten thur the hell i went threw there. they mentally and physically broke me down



First Name : michele
Email : elle@comcast.net
Comment : i have been broken by straight



First Name : michele
Email : elle@comcast.net
Comment : in 88-89; warehouse in Mass. cannot write about experience yet.painful as if it were yesterday..



First Name : Christine Strickland Hobson
Email : randyandchristine@hotmail.com
Comment : I was in Springfield 2/85 - 10-86



First Name : Tony
Email : wdtony@hotmail.com
Comment : KHK Cincinnati, 86-88. Still recovering.



First Name : joe
Email : dieseljoe62@yahoo.com
Comment : I was in the first 40 kids in St Pete before they moved us to warehouse I think it screwed me up for life.



First Name : Michael Sherman
Email : michaels039@yahoo.com
Comment : sorry.....wrong email in previous post.



First Name : Michael Sherman
Email : michaels049@yahoo.com
Comment : Thanks for putting up this website. I will post my story some day....right now, Im just not ready to do that again.



First Name : Jennifer (Gagnon)
Email : chamorro1224@yahoo.com
Comment :



First Name : rob
Email : info@boxing4fitness.com
Comment : cincinnati feb.1982 to april 1984...who remembers & how ya doin



First Name : Jenifer Morris (Schilling)
Email : jmorris92300@aol.com
Comment : Straight, Inc. Springfield VA 1985-1986.



First Name : penn
Email : penncrews@hotmail.com
Comment : face forward, sit up, can i pick up my fork, no i wasnt reading the cereal box, no talking behind backs, two minute showers, J.C. Keever(michael j fox fused with david spade), should i cop out?, pizza nite, my m.i., cats in the cradle, 4th phase refresher



First Name : eddie
Email : rothblums@comcast.net
Comment : i was there from january 21 1989 until i broke out on july 7 1989 . Both dates forever changed me.



First Name : Chris Jones
Email :
Comment : Atlanta 89 - 91



First Name : Chris Jones
Email : christinejones@bellsouth.net
Comment :



First Name : dan k.
Email : djkncs@aol.com
Comment : springfield 5/10/86-4/29/88



First Name : leighton
Email : leightonsmail@yahoo.com
Comment : straight 88-90 atlanta



First Name : Jeff Knox
Email : jknox@knust.com
Comment : Staight Dallas 1990/1992



First Name : Jamie U.
Email : Jdent@hcpss.org
Comment : Straight springfeild, VA 86ish-89



First Name : Robin
Email : dollkds25@yahoo.com
Comment : VA straight 87-89



First Name : Ali
Email : BELLALU@BELLSOUTH.NET
Comment : 14 YRS OLD WHEN SENT TO CINCINATTI STRAIGHT-THEN TRANSFERED TO PLYMOUTH. FIANLLY REMOVED BY PARENTS WHEN I DIDNT 7 STEP DUE TO A COUNSLER WHO THOUGHT I OWED HER AN APOLOGY FROM MISBEHAVING YEARS BEFORE IN OHIO. I HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO WRITE-AND I SUFFER DAI



First Name : Tommy Barron
Email : tommyalan2366@yahoo.com
Comment : 3 and a half years cincinatti still trying to forget cant hoe to hear from some of ya



First Name : valarie
Email : valariedivi@yahoo.com
Comment :



First Name : S
Email : BSTEVEOO44@YAHOO.COM
Comment : TTTTTTTTT YYYYYYYYYYY !



First Name : Bill
Email : william.boice@us.army.mil
Comment : Straight, JUN 82 - JUL 83. Survivor, College grad., comming up on 20 years service in the military. Married, three kids. Worked- I guess?



First Name : Kristin
Email : kristinperkinsbeads@yahoo.com
Comment : Great website. Ill submit my story soon. Kristin




 

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