The Lost Years Surviving a Mother and Daughter Worst Nightmare (Audible Audio Edition) Kristina Wandzilak Constance Curry Hillary Huber Donna Postel Tantor Audio Books
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Kristina, the second of four children, begins by telling how a little sip of vodka sipped secretly at a party her parents were giving started her on a pathway to addiction. In that instant, alcohol became her pathway to comfort. Over the next eight years, she sank further into addiction, moving on to cocaine and methamphetamines. In telling her story, she gives a brutally honest description of her addiction and crimes.
Adding a heart-wrenching counterpart to each chapter of the book, Kristina's mother, Connie, gives a parent's account of what was happening throughout her child's experience. She describes her powerlessness to help her addicted daughter, the breakup of her unhappy marriage, and how she came to terms with her own codependency. She also describes the worst decision a mother ever has to make to turn her oldest daughter out of her house, sending her onto the streets, in order to protect herself and her other children. Then follows the remarkable story of Kristina's recovery, her mother's tough love, and the years of acclimating herself to living a normal life. Ultimately she reclaimed herself, her place in her family, and a new and loving relationship with her mother.
The Lost Years Surviving a Mother and Daughter Worst Nightmare (Audible Audio Edition) Kristina Wandzilak Constance Curry Hillary Huber Donna Postel Tantor Audio Books
Anger and resentments are tough for us alcoholics to tolerate and lead to addiction-fueled behavior. Alcohol and drug abuse bring about isolation and humiliation and this abuse fundamentally changes who we are, resulting in a complete loss of dignity and self-respect. But an unconditional decision to change can reverse the loss of sanity which addiction causes. Commitment to recovery, sobriety and the total assumption of personal responsibility leads to self-love through forgiveness and a spiritual connection. With sobriety also comes renewed energy for life and more importantly, humility.A mother and a daughter juxtaposed through both addiction and recovery demonstrate there is a way out of seeming irreparable disaster and into a complete restoration of precious relationships. Ultimately, an amazing, well-written true story.
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The Lost Years Surviving a Mother and Daughter Worst Nightmare (Audible Audio Edition) Kristina Wandzilak Constance Curry Hillary Huber Donna Postel Tantor Audio Books Reviews
As the mother of two addict sons, as well as being part of a codependency group for the last two plus years, the topic of this book instantly drew me in. I'm not much of a reader, but I could not put this down. It was so familiar. It was painful. Although the details were different, the main theme was the same. The emotional rollercoaster was the same. I cried. I learned. It gave me the courage to set a clear boundary for my 19 year old son who at the time of this review is entering treatment tomorrow, for the fourth time. Thank you Kristina and Constance for the courageous openness and brutally honest account of your experience. Thank you for exposing your intense pain, and intense recovery. I shared this with my codependent group who is primarily made up of parents of addicts. Thank you for the hope of recovery, Kristina. Constance, thank you for showing us that we will be ok. Regardless of the outcome of our addicted love ones, we will be ok.
A wonderful story! It is a story for anyone and every one who is an addict, a family member or friend of an addict. It is well written, a page turner. I used to be an avid reader but have not finished an entire book in years. I read this one in two days. I feel like I know this family.
The story is so well told that I feel I understand so much more than ever before about the addicts in my family, those who are not addicts and the effects on them, myself, and co-dependency.
Every other chapter was the mother's story, and every other one the alcohol addicted daughter's story. And through it all you could see the profound effects on each of the other family members.
I highly recommend this book. It is so well told, it may bring you to tears in some places as it did me. But it sheds a bright light on an often misunderstood topic.
This is an absolutely heart wrenching yet thought provoking book of not only the struggles of addiction but the effect it has on the entire family. Further, it speaks on how our family dynamics and childhood have a profound effect on us whether positive or negative. I liked that it was written from both the daughter and mother's perspective. This is a raw, brutally realistic look into the life of addiction. As a recovering alcoholic who has recently come off of a 5 year relapse, this has spoke to me deeply. At times a difficult read (for those of us struggling with addiction) but a definite must read; just wish I could get my mother to read this.
The Lost Years is a brutally honest book about addiction. It's very vivid and it really draws you into the emotion and heartbreak that addiction causes. As others have said, what makes this book different from most is the way it's written from the perspective of the addict and a family member, her mother. It's not a medical book describing the effects of drug abuse. It's the true ugliness and desperation of it. I read this book in a day and a half and the entire time I read it, I wished that it had been available when my little brother was struggling with addiction to meth amphetamine. The damage it caused, not only to him, but to our family was immeasurable. None of us were equipped to, or knew how to deal with him. Thankfully, he has been clean for several years now. When my dad passed from cancer in 2010, he actually had a dying request. He asked my brother to stay clean and he has. He has completely turned his life around. I just wish my parents could have read this WHILE we were going through it.
Kristina is an inspiration as is her mother. I think a lot of the credit for Kristina's success goes to her mother, Constance. She did the hardest thing a parent can do. She stopped enabling her child. She made sure her daughter knew she loved her, then told her she had to leave the home. As long as she was using, Constance could not allow her addiction to effect her life and the lives of her other children. She went into her own recovery, had her own support system and got herself into a healthy place. She learned how to deal with the addiction in a very difficult, but healthy and ultimately successful way. I love that Kristina has made her life about helping others. Who better to help an addict than someone who has been through it? I would wholeheartedly recommend this book to all parents whether they've faced addiction or not. You never know whose path you may cross or where you will meet someone who is addicted to drugs or alcohol. Even if your children are grown, they may have kids of their own someday. A lot of times, surviving addiction requires the effort and hard work of the people around the addict. The addicts job to get and stay clean but that is only the beginning. Long-term success depends on the addict and everyone around them. As cliche as it sounds, reading this book and reaching out to someone like Kristina could very well save the life of someone you know and love.
Anger and resentments are tough for us alcoholics to tolerate and lead to addiction-fueled behavior. Alcohol and drug abuse bring about isolation and humiliation and this abuse fundamentally changes who we are, resulting in a complete loss of dignity and self-respect. But an unconditional decision to change can reverse the loss of sanity which addiction causes. Commitment to recovery, sobriety and the total assumption of personal responsibility leads to self-love through forgiveness and a spiritual connection. With sobriety also comes renewed energy for life and more importantly, humility.
A mother and a daughter juxtaposed through both addiction and recovery demonstrate there is a way out of seeming irreparable disaster and into a complete restoration of precious relationships. Ultimately, an amazing, well-written true story.
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