Kristina Wandzilak
Kristina Wandzilak
Kristina Wandzilak is a certified addiction specialist, an interventionist and the Executive director and founder of group Full Circle Intervention. She co-authored the formal nationally acclaimed memoir, The Lost Years, with her mother Constance Curry. Kristina can often be seen on Good Morning America, as their regular addiction Specialist, commenting on addiction issues for the national media.
Personal Life and Career
Kristina Wandzilak had her first drink at 13.
Later she became addicted to alcohol and drugs.
She is completely sober since the age of 21.
Having specialized in family systemic intervention since 1998, she opened the doors of Full Circle Intervention in 2004, with the vision of bringing respectful and effective intervention solutions to families caught in the crisis of untreated addiction.
Working across the U.S. and Europe, Kristina and the Full Circle team are recognized for their compassionate and effective approach to the intervention process and for developing the most thorough and successful aftercare programs for both the family and the addicted individual. She has been a topic speaker at national conferences, college campuses and numerous conventions. In 2006 Kristina published a Memoir The Lost Years: Surviving a Mother and Daughter's Worst Nightmare (Jeffers Press, October 2006), co-authored with her mother Constance Curry. It chronicles their parallel journey through addiction and co-dependency into the recovery they both enjoy today. Kristina studied addiction at UC Berkeley Extention and the University of Phoenix. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her two children.