Podcast

Rise Above with Kevin Lanning

Author: Kevin Lanning
Feed episode count: 315
Official site: https://linktr.ee/riseabovewithk?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=6b1f7764-7419-4a7f-a839-cf8c0a598b67
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Summary

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 that uplift, educate, and inspire. Tune in and discover the strength within you.

Episodes

Jul 24, 2026 · not_requested

Ketamine Psychosis | My Ketamine Addiction Was Destroying My Organs | How I Got Sober

Duration seconds: 4343
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Jul 22, 2026 · not_requested

A Decade Long Addiction to Opioids | How I Broke the Chains and Got Clean & Sober

Duration seconds: 6878
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Jul 21, 2026 · not_requested

What Leads Someone To Plan a School Shooting?...The Early Warning Signs Everyone Missed

Duration seconds: 4369
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Jul 17, 2026 · not_requested

She Sold Her Body For Heroin & Crack, Totaled 7 Cars & Had 5 Arrests In A Month | Now 5 Years Sober

Duration seconds: 3579
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Jul 16, 2026 · not_requested

I Drank a Bottle For 700 Straight Days and Lost Everything | How I Finally Got Sober

Duration seconds: 5476
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Jul 15, 2026 · not_requested

I Was Buying Kratom At The Gas Station Every Morning Just To Function....It Destroyed Me

Duration seconds: 4463
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Jul 14, 2026 · not_requested

My Heart Stopped From A Fentanyl Overdose & I Woke Up From A Coma Having To Learn To Walk Again

Duration seconds: 5209
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Jul 13, 2026 · not_requested

I Was Spending $300 A Day On 7OH....Legal Gas Station Hero!n

Duration seconds: 4622
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Jul 12, 2026 · not_requested

I Was Doing Cocaine Every Single Day For 3 Years & Had A Seizure At My Desk....and I Kept Using

Duration seconds: 4056
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Jul 9, 2026 · not_requested

He Was Drinking Every Day & Ready To Give Up | The One Thing That Gave Him Hope

Duration seconds: 4560
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Jul 9, 2026 · not_requested

From Cooking Meth at 19 to Finding Sobriety | Colton's Recovery Story

Duration seconds: 6147
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Jul 7, 2026 · not_requested

He Went From Princeton & Harvard Law To Shooting Heroin On Skid Row

Duration seconds: 5584
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Jul 5, 2026 · not_requested

Prescribed Xanax at 14: How Addiction Led to 8 Arrests, Jail & Recovery

Duration seconds: 6126
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Jul 3, 2026 · not_requested

Addicted To Oxycodone At 15... Heroin On The Streets By 20

Duration seconds: 3878
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Jul 1, 2026 · not_requested

I Was A Pastor Secretly Addicted To Sex & Affairs While Preaching Every Sunday

Duration seconds: 3482
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Jun 29, 2026 · not_requested

The Dark Reality of Alcoholism | My Battle with Alcohol Addiction, Blacking Out & Horrific Detoxes

Duration seconds: 7499
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Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested

I Went From The MVP Quarterback to Shooting Heroin | How I Found Sobriety and Changed My Life

Duration seconds: 5161
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Jun 26, 2026 · not_requested

A Surgery Led To My Painkiller Addiction | What My Life Looks Like 8.5 Years Sober | Vlog Ep. 3

Duration seconds: 996
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Jun 24, 2026 · not_requested

A Heroin Addict's BRUTAL Lifestyle | Losing My Arm, Arrests and How I Found Sobriety

Duration seconds: 4320
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Jun 22, 2026 · not_requested

I Lost My Job, My Wife & My Son To Alcohol & Oxycodone

Duration seconds: 3984
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Jun 20, 2026 · not_requested

I Was A High-Functioning Drinker Who Hid It All | Losing My Mom, My Marriage & My Hair

Duration seconds: 5977
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Jun 18, 2026 · not_requested

I Was Drinking A Handle Of Vodka A Day & Making $50K A Month Online At 18 | Getting Sober At 21

Duration seconds: 4582
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Jun 17, 2026 · not_requested

She Started Smoking Meth At 15 | From 20 Years Homeless & Prostituting Women To 7 Years Sober

Duration seconds: 3931
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Jun 15, 2026 · not_requested

"I Was Cut In Half On Impact" | Pronounced Dead 3 Times, A 3.5 Week Coma & I Performed Surgery On Myself

Duration seconds: 2931
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Jun 13, 2026 · not_requested

I Drank a Liter & a Half Of Vodka Every Night & Still Told Myself I Didn't Have A Problem

Duration seconds: 4657
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Jun 13, 2026 · not_requested

I Was Drinking So Hard I Couldn't Get Out Of Bed | From $100K A Week Steroid Empire To Prison

Duration seconds: 5050
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Jun 11, 2026 · not_requested

I Shot Fentanyl Until I Was Completely Unconscious | Jail, Losing My Daughter & How I Finally Got Sober

Duration seconds: 5978
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Jun 9, 2026 · not_requested

I Shot Heroin With USB Cords Tied To My Arm After 2 Tours In Afghanistan | 7 Years Sober

Duration seconds: 4324
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Jun 7, 2026 · not_requested

I Found Out I Was Adopted At 13, Got My First DUI At 18 & Did 4 Months In Jail | 3.5 Years Sober

Duration seconds: 3568
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Jun 5, 2026 · not_requested

I Blacked Out Every Night While Running The San Francisco Bureau of HuffPost | Highrise Suicide Attempt and How I Got Sober

Duration seconds: 4026
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Jun 4, 2026 · not_requested

I Drank A Bottle Of Scotch Every Night | From Alcoholic Depression to 39 Years Sober | Suebelle Robbins

Duration seconds: 3149
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Jun 1, 2026 · not_requested

Inside A Chicago Street Junkie's 20-Year Spiral | 3 DUIs, Heroin, Cook County Jail & Finding God

Duration seconds: 5053
Source: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/AKTBA6629157657.mp3

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May 30, 2026 · not_requested

I Was Taking 10 Xanax Bars A Night At 17, Stabbed A Woman At 37 Weeks Pregnant & Sat On A Sidewalk Ready To Die | 11 Years Sober

Duration seconds: 7587
Source: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/AKTBA6232178131.mp3

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May 28, 2026 · not_requested

I Made My First Million On Wall Street At 28 & Was Broke & Addicted To Opiates By 30

Duration seconds: 3921
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May 25, 2026 · not_requested

Inside A Functioning Mom's Secret Alcoholism | My 30-Year Battle With Alcoholism

Duration seconds: 4424
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May 22, 2026 · not_requested

7-OH Pills Destroyed My Life | The SHOCKING Truth About 7-Hydroxymitragynine Addiction

Duration seconds: 5283
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May 21, 2026 · not_requested

I Was Held Hostage By The Cartel In Mexico | Inside A College Addict's Spiral

Duration seconds: 3493
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May 19, 2026 · not_requested

I Was A Teacher With Two DUIs | 30 Years of Alcoholism & Finding Sobriety

Duration seconds: 3446
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May 18, 2026 · not_requested

I Was Ordering Fentanyl Off The Dark Web In College | Gambling, Xanax & How I Got Sober

Duration seconds: 4839
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May 17, 2026 · not_requested

I Did Neurofeedback for Anxiety, Stress & PTSD — Here's What Happened | Compassion Behavioral Health

Duration seconds: 1808
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May 16, 2026 · not_requested

He Overdosed, Died 3 Times & Woke Up an Amputee | Now He Has 14 Years Sober

Duration seconds: 4598
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May 15, 2026 · not_requested

From Eating Disorder to 30 Years in Recovery: Trauma, EMDR & Healing

Duration seconds: 3495
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May 14, 2026 · not_requested

She Married a Drug Dealer in Vegas While Running From Cops | Cocaine Addiction, a Federal Raid & Getting Sober

Duration seconds: 3097
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May 12, 2026 · not_requested

Throwing Up Blood & Still Drinking | Stage 4 Cirrhosis, Liver Transplant & 19 Months Sober

Duration seconds: 4024
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May 10, 2026 · not_requested

I Survived Iraq…Then Crystal Meth Nearly Destroyed My Life | 5 Felonies, Combat Trauma & Finding Sobriety

Duration seconds: 4043
Source: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/AKTBA4375955192.mp3?updated=1778169173

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May 9, 2026 · not_requested

Inside a Heroin Addict’s BRUTAL Lifestyle | Joining a Gang, Attempted Murder, Prison & Sobriety

Duration seconds: 7466
Source: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/AKTBA8828683578.mp3

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May 7, 2026 · not_requested

I Was Drinking a Bottle of Vodka a Day at 20 | Inside a Young Alcoholic’s DOUBLE Life

Duration seconds: 3843
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May 6, 2026 · not_requested

I Was an IV Fentanyl Addict | Heroin, Felonies & How I Finally Got Clean

Duration seconds: 3135
Source: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/AKTBA4669144182.mp3?updated=1777948267

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May 5, 2026 · not_requested

I Was Binge Drinking & Doing Coke… But Was High Functioning | Getting Sober Without a Rock Bottom

Duration seconds: 4602
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May 3, 2026 · not_requested

Addiction Q&A: Rock Bottom, Relapse, Triggers & Sobriety Truths

Duration seconds: 5478
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Apr 30, 2026 · not_requested

Shooting Heroin in Kensington | I Took a Bus 5 Hours a Day to Get High… From a Normal Childhood

Duration seconds: 4028
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Apr 29, 2026 · not_requested

Addicted at 11: Crack Took Everything From Me | Robbing Dealers, Prison & Finding Sobriety

Duration seconds: 3971
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Apr 28, 2026 · not_requested

A Hollywood Producer’s SHOCKING Addiction to Xanax & Oxycodone

Duration seconds: 4268
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Apr 26, 2026 · not_requested

I Stole an Entire Pharmacy for Drugs | How Heroin Took Over My Life

Duration seconds: 3303
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Apr 24, 2026 · not_requested

I Thought Prison Was My Only Way Out | How Addiction Led Me to 15 Years in Prison

Duration seconds: 6338
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Apr 22, 2026 · not_requested

Navy SEAL to Fentanyl Addict | K9 Attack, Tased, Lost Everything… Then Got Sober

Duration seconds: 5684
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Apr 21, 2026 · not_requested

I Couldn't Stop Using… Even When I Knew It Would Kill Me | Fentanyl Addiction

Duration seconds: 5848
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Apr 18, 2026 · not_requested

I Hid a 10-Year Drug Addiction From My Wife | Blackout, Lies & How I Finally Got Sober

Duration seconds: 4460
Source: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/AKTBA6576748824.mp3?updated=1776520766

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Apr 16, 2026 · not_requested

I Was Drinking Vodka All Day | Car Crash, Hidden Addiction & How I Finally Got Sober

Duration seconds: 4447
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Apr 14, 2026 · not_requested

My Son Was Doing Fentanyl at 16… I Had to Let Him Go to Save His Life

Duration seconds: 4951
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Apr 11, 2026 · not_requested

Heroin Was Killing Me | I Smuggled Drugs into Rikers Island & Nearly Died

Duration seconds: 7962
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Apr 11, 2026 · not_requested

Inside A 14-Year-Old Stripper’s Brutal Addiction | Meth, Overcoming Cancer & Sobriety

Duration seconds: 3718
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Apr 9, 2026 · not_requested

I Blacked Out at 16… Then Tried to End It All | How I Rebuilt My Life in Sobriety

Duration seconds: 4373
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Apr 7, 2026 · not_requested

From Combat Hero to Homeless Addict: An Unbelievable True Story

Duration seconds: 5088
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Apr 7, 2026 · not_requested

Fentanyl Nightmare in Kensington | I Witnessed Hell

Duration seconds: 5654
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Apr 5, 2026 · not_requested

"I Didn’t Want to Exist Anymore" | She was the #1 European Tennis Pro But Her Mental Health was Secretly Unraveling

Duration seconds: 4254
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Apr 3, 2026 · not_requested

Inside a Rockstar's BRUTAL Addiction to Fentanyl | The Miracle Call That Saved My Life

Duration seconds: 4446
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Apr 1, 2026 · not_requested

The Day I Lost Everything | My Battle With Alcohol & The Truth About My Struggle

Duration seconds: 4393
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Mar 31, 2026 · not_requested

I Was Held Hostage by a Biker Gang | Shooting Heroin at 15 Nearly Killed Me

Duration seconds: 4925
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