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Part One: Synanon: The Drug Rehab Program That Built Its Own Army

Behind the Bastards

CHAPTER

The Most Important Single Experience of My Life

In 1962, Charles called taking LSD, quote, the most important single experience of my life. He credits it with unlocking a new person, basically fundamentally changing him. Dederick was living on $33 a week unemployment checks and he began to taper off from AA. When other recovering alcoholics checked up on him, Dederick would engage them in impromptu meetings,. Those get togethers became thrice weekly affairs. Then one day, a young heroin addict named Whitey Walker, fresh out of prison joined the group. The younger adults took to calling him dad.

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