I can still crack a joke mid meltdown and that's why everyone is lucky to have me in their life.

My name is Andrea and this is adult child. Yeah, yeah, yeah, no.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, what you're holding on.

Yeah, what you're holding on to,

but just let it all go.

What's making you slow now?

Welcome back to a little child, where we take a deep dive into the impact of growing up

in a dysfunctional family.

Ahoy, my dear shit shows.

Shit donation.

It's been kind of a while since I've done that.

For any new listeners, my name is Andrea. I am a total and complete shit show. I am a recovering

alcoholic. I am a recovering adult child, former identified patient and scapegoat of my family.

And this podcast is the culmination of many years of pain, many years of

years of toxic relationships not being able to figure out what the hell was wrong with my man picker

and then coming to the realization in 2018 that in fact my childhood fucked me up a whole lot more than I initially thought it did.

I highly recommend going back to the very beginning of the podcast and listening to the first 10 or so episodes, which you will get to hear my story and this is also where I lay the foundation of what the hell an adult child is.

So welcome aboard this hot mess of a ship.

We curse here, you've been warned. So today we are diving deeper with the man, the

myth, the legend, Tim Fletcher, a pastor turned drug and alcohol counselor turned YouTube sensation out there saving the world

human world with all of his amazing content on complex trauma and dysfunctional families and

addiction. If you have not listened to part one, I highly recommend that you go

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