Rise Above with Kevin Lanning
Welcome to Rise Above with Kevin Lanning. Join Kevin, a former Google executive in sobriety, as he shares inspiring stories of resilience. Each episode features individuals who have faced life’s toughest challenges—addiction, trauma, anxiety, and more—and emerged stronger. These conversations aren’t just about survival; they’re about thriving and finding practical solutions to rise above adversity. Kevin’s own journey through addiction and childhood trauma fuels his passion for sharing stories t...
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Dirty Heads Singer Jared Watson Reveals Addiction To Alcohol, Painkillers & Feel...
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I Went To Treatment 13 Times Before I Finally Got Sober
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I Overdosed On A Legal Drug From The Gas Station (7OH) And Woke Up In A Coma
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I Was Shooting Heroin and No One Had Any Idea | 18 Years Sober
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I Was Addicted To Heroin and Crack | My Body Was Shutting Down
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I Was A Pro Boxer With An Eating Disorder That Almost Killed Me
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Why Getting Off Antidepressants Can Be Harder Than Heroin | Dr. Teralyn Sell
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I Was A Harvard Student Secretly Addicted To Oxy And Xanax
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I Got Addicted To A Legal Drug Called 7OH I Bought At The Smoke Shop
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I Had A Degree And A Career While Secretly Addicted To Fentanyl
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I Was A Drug Counselor Getting High On Fentanyl Between Sessions
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I Was A Cornell Student Living In My Car Addicted To Adderall and Doing Sex Work
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How Do You Know If You're Really An Alcoholic? | Addiction Recovery Q&A
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I Was Shooting Meth And Fentanyl Living In My Car
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I Was Shooting Fentanyl On The Streets Of Kensington
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How My Recovery Podcast Ended Up On Paramount+ | Behind The Scenes Of Building I...
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I Was Sold For Sex And Had No Say | Overcoming Sexual Trauma, An Eating Disorder...
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I Started Shooting Heroin as a Teen | Robbing a Bank High on PCP, Prison and Get...
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"When I Drank, I Couldn't Stop" | Binge Drinking, Blackouts & How I Finally Got...
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I Was A Prison Guard Secretly Shooting Heroin | SWAT Raided My Trap House While...
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I Was Homeless Shooting Fentanyl in Miami | Overdoses, Coma & How I Finally Got...
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Addicted To Roxys At 17 For 15 Years | How Suboxone Kept Me Stuck & How I Finall...
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My Little Brother Is Still In Active Addiction | What Addiction Does To The Whol...
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I Was A Cop Taking 55 Pills A Day
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I Grew Up In A Crack Addicted Household | What It Really Does To A Child
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Ketamine Psychosis | My Ketamine Addiction Was Destroying My Organs | How I Got...
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A Decade Long Addiction to Opioids | How I Broke the Chains and Got Clean & Sobe...
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What Leads Someone To Plan a School Shooting?...The Early Warning Signs Everyone...
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She Sold Her Body For Heroin & Crack, Totaled 7 Cars & Had 5 Arrests In A Month...
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I Drank a Bottle For 700 Straight Days and Lost Everything | How I Finally Got...
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I Was Buying Kratom At The Gas Station Every Morning Just To Function....It Dest...
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My Heart Stopped From A Fentanyl Overdose & I Woke Up From A Coma Having To Lear...
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I Was Spending $300 A Day On 7OH....Legal Gas Station Hero!n
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I Was Doing Cocaine Every Single Day For 3 Years & Had A Seizure At My Desk....a...
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He Was Drinking Every Day & Ready To Give Up | The One Thing That Gave Him Hope
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From Cooking Meth at 19 to Finding Sobriety | Colton's Recovery Story
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He Went From Princeton & Harvard Law To Shooting Heroin On Skid Row
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Prescribed Xanax at 14: How Addiction Led to 8 Arrests, Jail & Recovery
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Addicted To Oxycodone At 15... Heroin On The Streets By 20
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I Was A Pastor Secretly Addicted To Sex & Affairs While Preaching Every Sunday
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The Dark Reality of Alcoholism | My Battle with Alcohol Addiction, Blacking Out...
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I Went From The MVP Quarterback to Shooting Heroin | How I Found Sobriety and Ch...
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A Surgery Led To My Painkiller Addiction | What My Life Looks Like 8.5 Years Sob...
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A Heroin Addict's BRUTAL Lifestyle | Losing My Arm, Arrests and How I Found Sobr...
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I Lost My Job, My Wife & My Son To Alcohol & Oxycodone
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I Was A High-Functioning Drinker Who Hid It All | Losing My Mom, My Marriage & M...
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I Was Drinking A Handle Of Vodka A Day & Making $50K A Month Online At 18 | Gett...
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She Started Smoking Meth At 15 | From 20 Years Homeless & Prostituting Women To...
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"I Was Cut In Half On Impact" | Pronounced Dead 3 Times, A 3.5 Week Coma & I Per...
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I Drank a Liter & a Half Of Vodka Every Night & Still Told Myself I Didn't Have...
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