I was involved with the sterling's men division for almost 2 years

I was involved with the sterling's men division for almost 2 years and got to know many of the upper echelon people in the division. But I got out--and I'm glad that I am out. The funny thing is many of these men said they were my friends--and none of them have ever contacted me since I left the division.

Your web page is very informative and I want to thank you for that.

One letter on your web site that describes the "Men's Weekend" [and] is accurate. [But] there is one thing that is inaccurate. [During my weekend] there were restroom facilities there and we didn't pee in garbage cans.

I know a few people that paid for the weekend and then decided not to go. They asked for their money back-- [but] the last I heard not one of them was reimbursed.

One thing about [being in a Sterling] division is that if you don't agree with something--expect to be "processed" by the rest of the men until you say you agree. And there is no acceptable excuse for not showing up to a team meeting, division meeting, or Justin [Sterling] event.

At the time I was involved I wouldn't say it was a dangerous cult. But I started to see signs that I didn't like. Justin was talking about buying a ranch in rural New York and moving people in the division there. He explained away his previous felony conviction as "bad judgement" on his part and refused to elaborate. That's about the time I decided to quit.

I found it to be quite interesting that Justin would not elaborate about his felony conviction or tell us his former name. We were supposed to keep no secrets and discuss all "barriers" that we were confronted with. We were told we could trust "the men" with any information about our personal lives.

Between mandatory phone calls and trips to [meetings] 80 miles away I neglected my family and my bills. [But] I was told that I would make up for these things with what I would "get from the men".

I resent them for [saying] they cared so much about me, but when I quit--not one of them (I thought some of these men were very close friends) contacted me other than to harass me.

My team knew that I was between jobs and frantically trying to find work. Once I missed a meeting and before quitting and they tried to contact me--but I did not return their calls. One of them went, as far as to leave a message on my answering machine--saying he was from a company that wanted to employ me. I called to find it was a member of my team and he proceeded to "process me" until I hung up on him.

I found that some of the upper echelon people would never admit when Justin [Sterling] is wrong. I questioned them about his wife leaving him and immediately received a verbal barrage.

When I called the division coordinator and let him know that I was quitting--he said he cared about me and we were still friends. But I have not heard from the man since-- [years have passed].