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When trauma hits us, it can reverberate throughout our lives, echoing and causing more damage as time continues.
That’s the experience Andrew Draney had after surviving a tragic and fatal car accident as a child. The after effects of his accident caused resulted in further challenges later in life until it all finally came to a head and he was forced to make a change.
Now Andrew lives in Armidale with his wife Alex and youngest child, Ted where they have lived since moving from Sydney in 2017. Andrew has three grown children living and studying in Sydney whom he loves to visit. Andrew enjoys gardening and cycling and recently completed a half ironman with his daughter Georgina.
In this episode he shares:
- His early life as an adopted child
- How he handled his mums Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis as a child
- The accident that killed his grandparents and left is sister disabled
- The aftermath in the hospital and why he was not treated for any psychological problems
- How he progressively bottled down his pain to not be a problem in order to help his family
- How he treated his girlfriend and now wife because of his trauma
- How his trauma influenced him when his daughter was born
- Why his work addiction grew and impacted his life and family
- The moment he ended up in rehab
- Why finding his biological parents made things worse
- Why he still wasn’t ready even after his second rehab
- The moment that things really started to turn around and how he did it
- His biggest lessons from his major treatment at the meadows in Arizona
- How he is trying to rebuild with his family
Key Quotes
“My grandfather had had a stroke and lost consciousness and crossed over the median strip of the road and hit this oncoming car.”
“I checked myself into rehab because I needed to escape from everything.”
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