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The Rise and Fall of Synanon: A California Utopia History_Gift_Guide Discover how American soldiers wonThe definitive account of Synanon. On a fall day in 1978, Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz reached into his mailbox to collect his mail and was nearly killed. He was bitten by the fourfootlong rattlesnake that had been put there by members of a cultlike group called Synanon. Chuck Dedericha former Alcoholics Anonymous member who coined the phrase "Today is the first day of the rest of your life"established Synanon as an innovative drug rehabilitation