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From 1967 to 2019, the Phoenix House Foundation was a nonprofit that offered alcohol rehabilitation throughout the United States. It adopted several methods from Synanon, a very controversial group that became something of a cult. The documentary Born in Synanon goes into detailed interviews with its members, including children born and raised according to the program’s leaders. The Phoenix House…
Robert DeForde works with an organization called Shatterproof which works to convince medical professionals that addiction is worth treating through online and in-person trainings. https://www.npr.org/2026/08/06/nx-s1-5845162/addiction-treatment-overdose-deaths
At one point, more than a tenth of Baltimore’s population and seven percent of New York City’s population were part of the Washington Temperance Society, or the Washingtonians. By 1847, most of the societies had collapsed and become inactive.
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From 1967 to 2019, the Phoenix House Foundation was a nonprofit that offered alcohol rehabilitation throughout the United States. It adopted several methods from Synanon, a very controversial group that became something of a cult. The documentary Born in Synanon goes into detailed interviews with its members, including children born and raised according to the program’s leaders. The Phoenix House…
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Robert DeForde works with an organization called Shatterproof which works to convince medical professionals that addiction is worth treating through online and in-person trainings. https://www.npr.org/2026/08/06/nx-s1-5845162/addiction-treatment-overdose-deaths
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At one point, more than a tenth of Baltimore’s population and seven percent of New York City’s population were part of the Washington Temperance Society, or the Washingtonians. By 1847, most of the societies had collapsed and become inactive.