This is Francene. You probably remember my daughter, Erin, the first charter member of Step Two. And I had been on methadone for almost 9 years at the time. I just finished The Love Bomb, and found this sight. Thank you so much for this because I’ve found it beyond difficult to explain Pathway and all that went with it to people who weren’t there. I’ve been sober for many years, however, I still have moments where I freeze up because of being so brainwashed. I will share The Love Bomb and this link with some people in my life. God Bless
Great story, it really opened my eyes and made me think about my experiences there. I relapsed and left the group after 3 1/2 years sober. But when I got sober again in another group, I still had the brainwashing and was trying to do everything they told me. It was constant stress, anxiety, and fear to do what they said. And I wasn't even in the group anymore. Thankfully I've stayed sober and have been weeding out the brainwashing. I think the program started out good, but Bob Meehan became a guru and it got bad. Hopefully people can get sober in their groups without him around anymore and they can separate their program from the cult-like brainwashing. Enthusiastic sobriety is great, just take it easy on these kids and prepare them for real life and push them towards whatever they want, schools or careers instead of telling them the rest of the world is bad. I wasn't prepared at all when I turned 18
This is Francene. You probably remember my daughter, Erin, the first charter member of Step Two. And I had been on methadone for almost 9 years at the time. I just finished The Love Bomb, and found this sight. Thank you so much for this because I’ve found it beyond difficult to explain Pathway and all that went with it to people who weren’t there. I’ve been sober for many years, however, I still have moments where I freeze up because of being so brainwashed. I will share The Love Bomb and this link with some people in my life. God Bless
ReplyDeleteGreat story, it really opened my eyes and made me think about my experiences there. I relapsed and left the group after 3 1/2 years sober. But when I got sober again in another group, I still had the brainwashing and was trying to do everything they told me. It was constant stress, anxiety, and fear to do what they said. And I wasn't even in the group anymore. Thankfully I've stayed sober and have been weeding out the brainwashing. I think the program started out good, but Bob Meehan became a guru and it got bad. Hopefully people can get sober in their groups without him around anymore and they can separate their program from the cult-like brainwashing. Enthusiastic sobriety is great, just take it easy on these kids and prepare them for real life and push them towards whatever they want, schools or careers instead of telling them the rest of the world is bad. I wasn't prepared at all when I turned 18
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