MED Number 698 first I would like to say hello from a fellow group member who was in KHK from 94-95,we surley must know one another. I am glad that you were one of the FEW kids who truly needed to be in that sort of treatment program. But very few of us did...I was a 14 year old young girl with a mouth and attitude problem whos drug list didnt include anything harsher than trying marijana a few times if that. I remember most of the kids in the program being like that, adalesent punks not hardcore junkies....even though thats how we were all treated. And I am also a successful mom but no thanks to my time spent at KHK I simply grew out of my teenage attitude. These programs are called "programs of last resort" but thats not what they are. From my experience and talking to others about their experience the mass majority of kids in these programs have no buisness being there! These treatment centers are NO JOKE they are not for your normal experimenting teen with neurotic parents who want their child to go back to being 10 again. They are designed to treat the worse case sceniro kids who have extreme addiction-using extreme measures to do so. MED Number 698 I'm not knocking you or what you gained from your experience at KHK if anything I'm happy for you that you were one of those rare people who needed and benefited from such a harsh, cruel and inhumane place. But please remember that most of us did not need that sort of treatment and gained nothing from it but a gratitude for freedom when we finally got out.

There is controversy for a good reason. Read more about the Truth at Pathway Family Center here: http://www.pfctruth.com And watch this too, it is very informative: http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/2008-2009/powerless/video.html

This comment is intended as a response to all the negative comments about kids helping kids or other teen treatment centers. I graduated KHK in 1995. It was the best thing that ever happened to me. I am now a sober, productive, and successful father of four beautiful children. I know that the program had its faults, but it was intended for the most extreme cases of teen drug and alcohol abuse. I was one of those cases and so were many of my friends who are now still productive members of society. Sometimes the means of the many outweigh the means of the few. I was on first phase three times. I was belt looped, strip searched, chaperoned at all times, unable to talk to newcomers, watched in the restroom, called a druggie, and told that my way of thinking was wrong and irrational. However, these unconventional ways in no way compared to spending my life in jail,or dead, like the many kids that I was friends with. Alchoholism is a very serious and deadly disease. KHk, along with other treatment centers, was the end of the road before jail and death for most of the kids. I am so grateful to my parents for making the difficult decision to put me in KHK because it gave me my life back. I wish that I waould have been contacted to speak about my experience in the investigative report. It was unfair and irresponsible to focus so much on the negatives and very little on the positives. I am proof that the program could work for those willing to change to their lives for the better. 1994-1995 MED #698.

Kids Helping Kids/Pathway Family Center is a NOT a devil in disguise. Don't be misled by the refined explanations and lies that are told by PEOPLE who were not in KHK/Pathway. God Bless KHK and PAthway for saving kids lives.

Mrs. Norton, If you are still viewing these comments I would very much like to speak with you. Please contact me through the "contact us" page of my website: http://www.pfctruth.com Thank you, Tony Connelly

I couldn't believe it when I saw the video of the kids at the new Straight Incorporated "motivating", sitting in strict rows and singing childish songs, just like we did in Straight! I was in Straight in the 1980's though, and I keep hearing things have changed in the new Straight programs, so I would like to ask anyone who has recently been in Pathways or Kids Helping Kids a few things: what kind of privacy were you allowed or denied on the toilet or while showering? Who watches "newcomers" when they use a razor? Were you strip searched and made to bend over unclothed in front of strangers on your intake day? Do you still hold "newcomers" by the back beltloop, or link arms or do a leg lock with "newcomers"? Did you ever witness or participate in restraining/holding down another client? If so, why was it done? Were you ever told you were a "druggie loser", and that without Pathways or KHK you would be "dead, insane or in jail"? Is name-calling, i.e., "druggie loser", "druggie whore", etc., still allowed? What were "raps" like? Did you have any privacy to write your own thoughts in a journal without anyone else reading it? Are "newcomers" still forbidden to talk to other "newcomers" unless called on in "group"? Do you still have to ask to get toilet paper or silverware at the host home? Were you ever denied food or sleep, or did you witness anyone being denied food or sleep? How much sleep did you get? What kind of exercise and how much sunshine did you get? Were the bedrooms at the host home locked from the outside, or did the "oldcomer" push a mattress in front of the door at night? Did you ever request to speak to a lawyer, social worker, police or human services worker, or to withdraw from the program, only to be "stood up" in group for it? Was your request granted? Were you informed as to your federal and state rights as a client in a licensed treatment facility, and were you denied any of those rights? Thank you for any answers you can provide.

I couldn't believe it when I saw the video of the kids at the new Straight Incorporated "motivating", sitting in strict rows and singing childish songs, just like we did in Straight! I was in Straight in the 1980's though, and I keep hearing things have changed in the new Straight programs, so I would like to ask anyone who has recently been in Pathways or Kids Helping Kids a few things: what kind of privacy were you allowed or denied on the toilet or while showering? Who watches "newcomers" when they use a razor? Were you strip searched and made to bend over unclothed in front of strangers on your intake day? Do you still hold "newcomers" by the back beltloop, or link arms or do a leg lock with "newcomers"? Did you ever witness or participate in restraining/holding down another client? If so, why was it done? Were you ever told you were a "druggie loser", and that without Pathways or KHK you would be "dead, insane or in jail"? Is name-calling, i.e., "druggie loser", "druggie whore", etc., still allowed? What were "raps" like? Did you have any privacy to write your own thoughts in a journal without anyone else reading it? Are "newcomers" still forbidden to talk to other "newcomers" unless called on in "group"? Do you still have to ask to get toilet paper or silverware at the host home? Were you ever denied food or sleep, or did you witness anyone being denied food or sleep? How much sleep did you get? What kind of exercise and how much sunshine did you get? Were the bedrooms at the host home locked from the outside, or did the "oldcomer" push a mattress in front of the door at night? Did you ever request to speak to a lawyer, social worker, police or human services worker, or to withdraw from the program, only to be "stood up" in group for it? Was your request granted? Were you informed as to your federal and state rights as a client in a licensed treatment facility, and were you denied any of those rights? Thank you for any answers you can provide.

I couldn't believe it when I saw the video of the kids at the new Straight Incorporated "motivating", sitting in strict rows and singing childish songs, just like we did in Straight! I was in Straight in the 1980's though, and I keep hearing things have changed in the new Straight programs, so I would like to ask anyone who has recently been in Pathways or Kids Helping Kids a few things: what kind of privacy were you allowed or denied on the toilet or while showering? Who watches "newcomers" when they use a razor? Were you strip searched and made to bend over unclothed in front of strangers on your intake day? Do you still hold "newcomers" by the back beltloop, or link arms or do a leg lock with "newcomers"? Did you ever witness or participate in restraining/holding down another client? If so, why was it done? Were you ever told you were a "druggie loser", and that without Pathways or KHK you would be "dead, insane or in jail"? Is name-calling, i.e., "druggie loser", "druggie whore", etc., still allowed? What were "raps" like? Did you have any privacy to write your own thoughts in a journal without anyone else reading it? Are "newcomers" still forbidden to talk to other "newcomers" unless called on in "group"? Do you still have to ask to get toilet paper or silverware at the host home? Were you ever denied food or sleep, or did you witness anyone being denied food or sleep? How much sleep did you get? What kind of exercise and how much sunshine did you get? Were the bedrooms at the host home locked from the outside, or did the "oldcomer" push a mattress in front of the door at night? Did you ever request to speak to a lawyer, social worker, police or human services worker, or to withdraw from the program, only to be "stood up" in group for it? Was your request granted? Were you informed as to your federal and state rights as a client in a licensed treatment facility, and were you denied any of those rights? Thank you for any answers you can provide.

God Bless KHK and Pathway Family for saving kids and families lives!! Keep up the great work. WDTony, you ain't got a clue!

Kids Helping Kids/Pathway Family Center is a devil in disguise. Don't be misled by the refined explanations and lies that are told by this program. There have been reports of at least 3 kids who had been in the program for over a year and were set back to first phase within the past few months. First phase is hell. First phase is psychological torture. First phase has nothing to do with discipline and this program has nothing to do with rehabilitation. This is a sick program. I lived through it, get as far away from this cult as you can. They are highly deceptive and very convincing. The parent peer pressure is very powerful and will usually produce submission. Go into group and sit with the kids and watch what happens. Talk to the newcomers. Why no tv or music for months? Why can't kids go to CHURCH for months or even more than a year. Do you think God or Jesus wants you to keep kids away from church and school for such a long time? Think about it, this is a sick program disguised as treatment. RESEARCH FIRST PHASE, this is where the psychological breakdown occurs.