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The Lost Years

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Partner:: Book Passage
Location:: Book Passage
San Francisco, CA
Event Date:: 05.03.07
Speakers:: Constance Curry,; Kristina Wandzilak
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Summary: Constance Curry and Kristina Wandzilak talk about The Lost Years: Surviving a Mother and Daughter's Worst Nightmare.

This riveting memoir of survival and transformation reveals the true story of a daughter's decline into alcohol and drug addiction, prostitution and homelessness, and her mother's efforts to rescue her - Book Passage

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Constance Curry

Constance Curry has been in co-dependency 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 started the first women's golf tournament to raise money for the children's center at the Family Service Agency. The money raised was used to provide private therapy for children in need.

Kristina Wandzilak

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. 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.

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01 hr 00 min 57 sec

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01.: Moderator Introduction

01 min 21 sec

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02.: Event Agenda

01 min 38 sec

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03.: Writing the Book

02 min 21 sec

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04.: The Lost Years

03 min 23 sec

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05.: The Depths of Addiction

03 min 33 sec

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06.: Getting Published

04 min 14 sec

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07.: Lessons Learned

05 min 30 sec

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08.: Reading Excerpt

04 min 01 sec

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09.: Q & A

00 min 15 sec

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10.: Q1 - Swimming Scholarship

00 min 27 sec

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11.: Q2 - 7% Survival Rate

01 min 02 sec

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12.: Q3 - Parental Intervention

02 min 51 sec

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13.: Q4 - Relating to Former Self

02 min 33 sec

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14.: Q5 - Teenage Drinking

03 min 47 sec

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15.: Q6 - Recovery

04 min 26 sec

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16.: Q7 - Girls & Self-Esteem

04 min 22 sec

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17.: Q8 - What If?

05 min 17 sec

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18.: Q9 - Husband / Father Relationship

03 min 07 sec

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19.: Q10 - Siblings Relationship

02 min 10 sec

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20.: Q11 - Ben

02 min 18 sec

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21.: Closing Comments

02 min 05 sec

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Overcoming Drug and Alcohol Addiction

07 min 27 sec

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Co-authors Constance Curry and Kristina Wandzilak discuss their experience struggling with drug and alcohol addiction at the heart of their book, The Lost Years: Surviving a Mother and Daughter's Worst Nightmare.
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HelpKathy

Posted: 04.15.10, 02:31 PM

Kristina, Please help my friend, she has been smoking crack since she was 13 yrs. old shooting herion for the past 5yrs.She will be 40 in June. I also think she does or did meth. I think your amazing and i love your show.Please contact me @ Joviloon@aol.com