Wilderness Programs to counter addiction

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SWIM has been sent on a wilderness program before to Utah (during summer before sophomore year, two muscular dudes came into his room and drove him to the airport...), which was pretty terrible, and rewarding in an interesting way, but not interesting so much that SWIM would ever repeat it. However, SWIM's parents aren't satisfied, and they would like for him to go to a voluntary one for a few weeks this summer (fuck that). This leads him to wonder...
How many other of you SWIMs have been on wilderness progams, outward bound, etc? SWIM has a lot of friends who have been on them before, and its beginning to seem increasingly common, especially in the area where SWIM lives (Fairfield, Weston, Greenwich, Westport, Darien -Connecticut).