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Charles C. (Atlanta, Georgia 89-91) and Amy Hall (Chesapeake, VA) this page has alot if info on Straight and Teen Challenge - scroll down to find the stories of Charles and Amy

Ginger’s story (Sarasota, Florida 80-82)

Name Withheld (Sarasota, Florida '82)

The Destruction of Shanna, A Texas Girl (Dallas, Texas, 87-?)

The Agitator - More Straight, Incorporated survivor accounts

Even more on Agitator 2002

More Agitator email from Straight Survivor

More Agitator 2002 - Another Straight alum

"The Dead Inside" by Cyndy Etler (Straightling was the first, self-published version)

About Cyndy - "Former Teacher Still Works to Help Teens"

Mooresville Weekly - Feb 18, 2011

Book Tells Story Of A Straightened-Out Victim, April 2013 (page 8)

"We Can't Be Friends" By Cyndy Etler (the 2nd book in "The Dead Inside" series)

SAFE, Orlando Straight Renamed

The Seed, Straights predecessor, Marc Polonsky

The Seed Indeed, Stack's Story

Straight, Inc. Copouts - CopOut Stories of Straight Inc. Survivors

Straight, Inc. Related Artwork, Poetry, Comic etc

Tales About Straight Inc - Issue 1

Christmas In Straight, Inc.

By Casey Smith (St. Petersburg, FL Straight, 1980-1982)

Butts on blue plastic, and arms flailing madly,

Startovers issued for behaving badly,

Torture cries drowned out as everyone sings,

These are not some of my favorite things…

Peeing twice daily, and supervised showers,

Lying on concrete ‘neath fat guys for hours,

All the while, happy songs, everyone sings,

These are not some of my favorite things…

When the rap starts,

When the chairs shake,

When the arms go wild----

I secretly wish, for the sake of my mind,

I was somebody else’s child.

Staffers on rap stools with ultimate power,

Feeling my soul be destroyed by the hour,

Thirty years later, the mem’ry still stings,

These are not some of my favorite things…

When the night falls,

When the tears roll,

After counting sheep----

I simply remember the day I escaped,

And suddenly I’m---- asleep.

Abuse

They tried to break me, drain me
Rape life from me, well let them try

Wash my brain 'til I'm brand new
Tell me something I don't know

I did the time, played the game
I'm out now, not the same

You tried to tell me
What to do, where to go
Who to see, what to know

Well, wash my brain 'til
It is all clean, no dirt between the seams

Tell me what is, and what isn't so
Tell me something I didn't know

Poet notes: ...[It] "captured my resilience, and the many of us that had that resilience to survive it. My hope is that someone that has lost hope & reads it will instead choose life etc.

Illustration for Abuse poem

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