Let go or be dragged. My name is Andrea and this is Adult Child. Yeah, hey, hey, now,

bring.

Yeah, what you're holding.

What you're holding on to,

but just let it all go.

What's making you slow now. Let it all go. It all go.

What's making you slow now?

Let it all go.

Welcome back to Adult Child

where we take a deep dive into the impact of growing up in a dysfunctional family.

And today, we are diving deep into detaching with love.

And I can't think of better guests to dive into this topic than my

guest today, the co-authors of the memoir The Lost Years,

Surviving a mother and daughter's worst nightmare, Christina Wanslack and her lovely

mother, Constance Curry.

Now if you haven't read this book, you need to, okay?

But to provide a little context for anyone who has not read it yet,

this is not your average addiction memoir. This book is a look into the perspective and suffering of both the teenage addict, Christina,

and the co-dependent, Connie, her mother.

And this book is so damn good because not only is it a raw and vulnerable illustration of the

detrimental impact that addiction has on the entire family it is a beautiful illustration of detaching with love and the ripple effect

that one family member seeking recovery can have on the entire family unit.

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