The Lost Years is a true life story of addiction and recovery that reveals the brutal details of the worst that can happen to an ordinary family and how they triumphed over adversity. It describes a daughter’s decline into alcohol and drug addiction, and her mother’s attempts to rescue her yet protect herself and her other children. Written as a dual narrative, mother and daughter give their first hand accounts of the years lost to addiction and alcoholism, and how tough love, intervention and rehabilitation eventually saved them and their family. Kristina now works in the treatment of addiction as an expert interventionist and Constance shares her hope and recovery with families, in Al-Anon meetings and in their community.
Kristina Wandzilak is the Executive director of Full Circle Intervention, a nationally recognized presenter and author. She has worked in the chemical dependency field since 1994. Kristina has been specializing in intervention since 1998 and opened the doors of Full Circle Intervention, with the vision of bringing respectful intervention to families who are in crisis with addiction. Full Circle Executive Intervention and Re-entry program is an effective workplace intervention program that saves organizations time and money, increases productivity, improves morale and ultimately saves lives. Traveling throughout the United States and internationally, Kristina and Full Circle are well known for successful, compassionate intervention work. She has been a topic speaker at national conferences, college campuses and numerous conventions. Kristina studied addiction at UC Berkeley and the University of Phoenix. Kristina resides in the San Francisco Bay Area, with her loving husband and two beautiful children, close to her mom, brother and sisters and their new families.
Constance Curry has been in codependency recovery for many years. She has studied and tried to understand the disorder that took over her life and the lives of those she loved most. She has been on various educational speaker panels for practicing therapists and teachers talking on the intricate subject of addiction and family recovery. Connie organized a women’s golf tournament to raise money for the Children’s Center at the Family Service Agency. Constance has begun a new career in the insurance business and resides in Marin County, always staying close to her four children and is a devoted and doting grandmother to her three young grandchildren.
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