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Community Beat Punishment For Addiction
- Addiction support shifted from punishment to community-based mutual aid early in US history.
- AA and indigenous sobriety circles inspired modern peer-led recovery models.
Dederich's Troubled Origins
- Charles Dederich grew up with trauma, alcoholism in his family, and a strict Catholic upbringing that he rebelled against.
- He later became a heavy drinker, flunked college, and moved to California to start anew.
Psychedelia Fueled Charisma
- Dederich combined AA methods with psychedelic experience to become a charismatic leader.
- His LSD trip shifted his identity and set the stage for founding Synanon.