From The Archives: Kristina Wandzilak & Constance Curry

In this episode of the GDA Podcast, Gail Davis and Kyle Davis sit down with mother-daughter duo Kristina Wandzilak and Constance Curry, co-authors of The Lost Years, to share their deeply personal journey through addiction, recovery, and rebuilding their relationship.

Kristina and Connie offer both sides of a family’s experience with addiction—from the difficult decision to let go to the long process of rebuilding trust. Together, they share a powerful message about hope, healing, and the possibility of creating something meaningful from even life’s most difficult chapters.

Key topics include:

• Kristina’s journey from addiction and homelessness to recovery
• Why Connie’s decision to let Kristina go became a turning point
• How addiction impacts the entire family system
• Rebuilding trust and relationships during recovery
• Finding purpose, passion, and meaning after addiction
• Kristina’s approach to helping both individuals and families heal
• Why addiction can affect any family
• Finding hope and the possibility for change in your own “lost years”

Kristina and Connie’s story is ultimately one of redemption and a reminder that our hardest experiences don’t have to define us—what matters is what we choose to do with them.

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