i picked up a star on the road ep 5 eng sub online

Laura Stareches: Those other programs were few and far between.

Founder Luke Austin had siphoned off almost all the programs money, and participants were left eating cornmeal mush and green Jell-O to survive.

During a 1983 campaign stop, this boot-strapping rehab caught the attention of President Ronald Reagan, who gave Cenikor his blessing.

Wilson; web design by Gabriel Hongsdusit and Sarah Mirk; fact checking by Rosemarie Ho; editorial support from Andrew Donohue, Esther Kaplan and Narda Zacchino; production support from WHYY in Philadelphia; special thanks to Sarah Delia, Corey Jones, Volker Jannsen, Mooj Zadie, Charlie Kaier, Al Banks, Diana Martinez and Catty Donnelly, who was the voice of Luke Austins prison letters.

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Al Letson: From the Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX, this is Reveal.

Im Al Letson. This is Chapter Five of American Rehab, Reagan with the Snap.

When we left off in the summer of 1978, Cenikor founder Luke Austin had been ousted after he siphoned off most of the organizations money to support a life of luxury for himself.

Cenikor still had two facilities, its original headquarters in Colorado, and its newer operation in Houston, Texas.

Some had been there for years, some were new, just starting to find a way out of addiction.

And now, all of them were resorting to a diet of cornmeal mush and green jello just to survive.

But as Laura Starecheski, of our American Rehab team, tells us, things are about to get a lot more corporate at Cenikor, with a little help from friends in high places.

Laura Stareches: With Luke Austin out, Ken Barun was helping run the Houston facility.

Hed been at Cenikor for six years, and now, he was trying to come up with a way to save the organization.

Ken Barun: We had critics all the time, and I go, Look, its working for me.

You can criticize all you want, but none of the other programs to do it much better either.

I Picked Up A Star On The Road Ep 5 Eng Sub Online