# Rise Above with Kevin Lanning

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Author: Kevin Lanning
Episodes: 315

## Resource

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.

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## Episodes
- [Ketamine Psychosis | My Ketamine Addiction Was Destroying My Organs | How I Got Sober](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/ketamine-psychosis-my-ketamine-addiction-was-destroying-my-organs-how-i-got-sober) — 2026-07-24T19:00:00+00:00
- [A Decade Long Addiction to Opioids | How I Broke the Chains and Got Clean & Sober](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/a-decade-long-addiction-to-opioids-how-i-broke-the-chains-and-got-clean-sober) — 2026-07-22T21:00:00+00:00
- [What Leads Someone To Plan a School Shooting?...The Early Warning Signs Everyone Missed](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/what-leads-someone-to-plan-a-school-shooting-the-early-warning-signs-everyone-missed) — 2026-07-21T00:45:00+00:00
- [She Sold Her Body For Heroin & Crack, Totaled 7 Cars & Had 5 Arrests In A Month | Now 5 Years Sober](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/she-sold-her-body-for-heroin-crack-totaled-7-cars-had-5-arrests-in-a-month-now-5-years-sober) — 2026-07-17T21:00:00+00:00
- [I Drank a Bottle For 700 Straight Days and Lost Everything  | How I Finally Got Sober](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-drank-a-bottle-for-700-straight-days-and-lost-everything-how-i-finally-got-sober) — 2026-07-16T21:00:00+00:00
- [I Was Buying Kratom At The Gas Station Every Morning Just To Function....It Destroyed Me](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-was-buying-kratom-at-the-gas-station-every-morning-just-to-function-it-destroyed-me) — 2026-07-15T21:00:00+00:00
- [My Heart Stopped From A Fentanyl Overdose & I Woke Up From A Coma Having To Learn To Walk Again](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/my-heart-stopped-from-a-fentanyl-overdose-i-woke-up-from-a-coma-having-to-learn-to-walk-again) — 2026-07-14T21:00:00+00:00
- [I Was Spending $300 A Day On 7OH....Legal Gas Station Hero!n](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-was-spending-300-a-day-on-7oh-legal-gas-station-hero-n) — 2026-07-13T20:46:00+00:00
- [I Was Doing Cocaine Every Single Day For 3 Years & Had A Seizure At My Desk....and I Kept Using](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-was-doing-cocaine-every-single-day-for-3-years-had-a-seizure-at-my-desk-and-i-kept-using) — 2026-07-12T21:45:00+00:00
- [He Was Drinking Every Day & Ready To Give Up | The One Thing That Gave Him Hope](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/he-was-drinking-every-day-ready-to-give-up-the-one-thing-that-gave-him-hope) — 2026-07-09T21:45:00+00:00
- [From Cooking Meth at 19 to Finding Sobriety | Colton's Recovery Story](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/from-cooking-meth-at-19-to-finding-sobriety-colton-s-recovery-story) — 2026-07-09T00:40:00+00:00
- [He Went From Princeton & Harvard Law To Shooting Heroin On Skid Row](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/he-went-from-princeton-harvard-law-to-shooting-heroin-on-skid-row) — 2026-07-07T21:45:00+00:00
- [Prescribed Xanax at 14: How Addiction Led to 8 Arrests, Jail & Recovery](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/prescribed-xanax-at-14-how-addiction-led-to-8-arrests-jail-recovery) — 2026-07-05T23:00:00+00:00
- [Addicted To Oxycodone At 15... Heroin On The Streets By 20](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/addicted-to-oxycodone-at-15-heroin-on-the-streets-by-20) — 2026-07-03T22:00:00+00:00
- [I Was A Pastor Secretly Addicted To Sex & Affairs While Preaching Every Sunday](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-was-a-pastor-secretly-addicted-to-sex-affairs-while-preaching-every-sunday) — 2026-07-01T22:30:00+00:00
- [The Dark Reality of Alcoholism | My Battle with Alcohol Addiction, Blacking Out & Horrific Detoxes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/the-dark-reality-of-alcoholism-my-battle-with-alcohol-addiction-blacking-out-horrific-detoxes) — 2026-06-29T23:52:00+00:00
- [I Went From The MVP Quarterback to Shooting Heroin | How I Found Sobriety and Changed My Life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-went-from-the-mvp-quarterback-to-shooting-heroin-how-i-found-sobriety-and-changed-my-life) — 2026-06-27T00:00:00+00:00
- [A Surgery Led To My Painkiller Addiction | What My Life Looks Like 8.5 Years Sober | Vlog Ep. 3](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/a-surgery-led-to-my-painkiller-addiction-what-my-life-looks-like-8-5-years-sober-vlog-ep-3) — 2026-06-26T14:09:00+00:00
- [A Heroin Addict's BRUTAL Lifestyle | Losing My Arm, Arrests and How I Found Sobriety](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/a-heroin-addict-s-brutal-lifestyle-losing-my-arm-arrests-and-how-i-found-sobriety) — 2026-06-24T21:50:00+00:00
- [I Lost My Job, My Wife & My Son To Alcohol & Oxycodone](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-lost-my-job-my-wife-my-son-to-alcohol-oxycodone) — 2026-06-22T21:00:00+00:00
- [I Was A High-Functioning Drinker Who Hid It All | Losing My Mom, My Marriage & My Hair](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-was-a-high-functioning-drinker-who-hid-it-all-losing-my-mom-my-marriage-my-hair) — 2026-06-20T23:07:00+00:00
- [I Was Drinking A Handle Of Vodka A Day & Making $50K A Month Online At 18 | Getting Sober At 21](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-was-drinking-a-handle-of-vodka-a-day-making-50k-a-month-online-at-18-getting-sober-at-21) — 2026-06-18T22:27:00+00:00
- [She Started Smoking Meth At 15 | From 20 Years Homeless & Prostituting Women To 7 Years Sober](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/she-started-smoking-meth-at-15-from-20-years-homeless-prostituting-women-to-7-years-sober) — 2026-06-17T00:45:00+00:00
- ["I Was Cut In Half On Impact" | Pronounced Dead 3 Times, A 3.5 Week Coma & I Performed Surgery On Myself](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-was-cut-in-half-on-impact-pronounced-dead-3-times-a-3-5-week-coma-i-performed-surgery-on-myself) — 2026-06-15T00:45:00+00:00
- [I Drank a Liter & a Half Of Vodka Every Night & Still Told Myself I Didn't Have A Problem](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-drank-a-liter-a-half-of-vodka-every-night-still-told-myself-i-didn-t-have-a-problem) — 2026-06-13T12:21:00+00:00
- [I Was Drinking So Hard I Couldn't Get Out Of Bed | From $100K A Week Steroid Empire To Prison](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-was-drinking-so-hard-i-couldn-t-get-out-of-bed-from-100k-a-week-steroid-empire-to-prison) — 2026-06-13T02:15:00+00:00
- [I Shot Fentanyl Until I Was Completely Unconscious | Jail, Losing My Daughter & How I Finally Got Sober](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-shot-fentanyl-until-i-was-completely-unconscious-jail-losing-my-daughter-how-i-finally-got-sober) — 2026-06-11T12:10:00+00:00
- [I Shot Heroin With USB Cords Tied To My Arm After 2 Tours In Afghanistan | 7 Years Sober](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-shot-heroin-with-usb-cords-tied-to-my-arm-after-2-tours-in-afghanistan-7-years-sober) — 2026-06-09T14:43:00+00:00
- [I Found Out I Was Adopted At 13, Got My First DUI At 18 & Did 4 Months In Jail | 3.5 Years Sober](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-found-out-i-was-adopted-at-13-got-my-first-dui-at-18-did-4-months-in-jail-3-5-years-sober) — 2026-06-07T04:04:00+00:00
- [I Blacked Out Every Night While Running The San Francisco Bureau of HuffPost | Highrise Suicide Attempt and How I Got Sober](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-blacked-out-every-night-while-running-the-san-francisco-bureau-of-huffpost-highrise-suicide-attempt-and-how-i-got-sober) — 2026-06-05T11:19:00+00:00
- [I Drank A Bottle Of Scotch Every Night | From Alcoholic Depression to 39 Years Sober | Suebelle Robbins](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-drank-a-bottle-of-scotch-every-night-from-alcoholic-depression-to-39-years-sober-suebelle-robbins) — 2026-06-04T11:08:00+00:00
- [Inside A Chicago Street Junkie's 20-Year Spiral | 3 DUIs, Heroin, Cook County Jail & Finding God](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/inside-a-chicago-street-junkie-s-20-year-spiral-3-duis-heroin-cook-county-jail-finding-god) — 2026-06-01T00:43:00+00:00
- [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](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/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) — 2026-05-30T01:00:00+00:00
- [I Made My First Million On Wall Street At 28 & Was Broke & Addicted To Opiates By 30](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-made-my-first-million-on-wall-street-at-28-was-broke-addicted-to-opiates-by-30) — 2026-05-28T00:00:00+00:00
- [Inside A Functioning Mom's Secret Alcoholism | My 30-Year Battle With Alcoholism](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/inside-a-functioning-mom-s-secret-alcoholism-my-30-year-battle-with-alcoholism) — 2026-05-25T20:44:00+00:00
- [7-OH Pills Destroyed My Life | The SHOCKING Truth About 7-Hydroxymitragynine Addiction](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/7-oh-pills-destroyed-my-life-the-shocking-truth-about-7-hydroxymitragynine-addiction) — 2026-05-22T00:40:00+00:00
- [I Was Held Hostage By The Cartel In Mexico | Inside A College Addict's Spiral](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-was-held-hostage-by-the-cartel-in-mexico-inside-a-college-addict-s-spiral) — 2026-05-21T02:35:00+00:00
- [I Was A Teacher With Two DUIs | 30 Years of Alcoholism & Finding Sobriety](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-was-a-teacher-with-two-duis-30-years-of-alcoholism-finding-sobriety) — 2026-05-19T09:18:00+00:00
- [I Was Ordering Fentanyl Off The Dark Web In College | Gambling, Xanax & How I Got Sober](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-was-ordering-fentanyl-off-the-dark-web-in-college-gambling-xanax-how-i-finally-got-sober) — 2026-05-18T07:45:00+00:00
- [I Did Neurofeedback for Anxiety, Stress & PTSD — Here's What Happened | Compassion Behavioral Health](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-did-neurofeedback-for-anxiety-stress-ptsd-here-s-what-happened-compassion-behavioral-health) — 2026-05-17T02:06:00+00:00
- [He Overdosed, Died 3 Times & Woke Up an Amputee | Now He Has 14 Years Sober](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/he-overdosed-died-3-times-woke-up-an-amputee-now-he-has-14-years-sober) — 2026-05-16T08:21:00+00:00
- [From Eating Disorder to 30 Years in Recovery: Trauma, EMDR & Healing](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/from-eating-disorder-to-30-years-in-recovery-trauma-emdr-healing) — 2026-05-15T01:06:00+00:00
- [She Married a Drug Dealer in Vegas While Running From Cops | Cocaine Addiction, a Federal Raid & Getting Sober](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/she-married-a-drug-dealer-in-vegas-while-running-from-cops-cocaine-addiction-a-federal-raid-getting-sober) — 2026-05-14T15:01:00+00:00
- [Throwing Up Blood & Still Drinking | Stage 4 Cirrhosis, Liver Transplant & 19 Months Sober](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/throwing-up-blood-still-drinking-stage-4-cirrhosis-liver-transplant-19-months-sober) — 2026-05-12T00:00:00+00:00
- [I Survived Iraq…Then Crystal Meth Nearly Destroyed My Life | 5 Felonies, Combat Trauma & Finding Sobriety](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-survived-iraq-then-crystal-meth-nearly-destroyed-my-life-5-felonies-combat-trauma-finding-sobriety) — 2026-05-10T23:21:00+00:00
- [Inside a Heroin Addict’s BRUTAL Lifestyle | Joining a Gang, Attempted Murder, Prison & Sobriety](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/inside-a-heroin-addict-s-brutal-lifestyle-joining-a-gang-attempted-murder-prison-sobriety) — 2026-05-09T00:59:00+00:00
- [I Was Drinking a Bottle of Vodka a Day at 20 | Inside a Young Alcoholic’s DOUBLE Life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-was-drinking-a-bottle-of-vodka-a-day-at-20-inside-a-young-alcoholic-s-double-life) — 2026-05-07T23:10:00+00:00
- [I Was an IV Fentanyl Addict | Heroin, Felonies & How I Finally Got Clean](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-was-an-iv-fentanyl-addict-heroin-felonies-how-i-finally-got-clean) — 2026-05-06T01:18:00+00:00
- [I Was Binge Drinking & Doing Coke… But Was High Functioning | Getting Sober Without a Rock Bottom](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-was-binge-drinking-doing-coke-but-was-high-functioning-getting-sober-without-a-rock-bottom) — 2026-05-05T02:57:00+00:00
- [Addiction Q&A: Rock Bottom, Relapse, Triggers & Sobriety Truths](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/addiction-q-a-rock-bottom-relapse-triggers-sobriety-truths) — 2026-05-03T23:48:00+00:00
- [Shooting Heroin in Kensington | I Took a Bus 5 Hours a Day to Get High… From a Normal Childhood](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/shooting-heroin-in-kensington-i-took-a-bus-5-hours-a-day-to-get-high-from-a-normal-childhood) — 2026-04-30T21:14:00+00:00
- [Addicted at 11: Crack Took Everything From Me | Robbing Dealers, Prison & Finding Sobriety](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/addicted-at-11-crack-took-everything-from-me-robbing-dealers-prison-finding-sobriety) — 2026-04-29T23:21:00+00:00
- [A Hollywood Producer’s SHOCKING Addiction to Xanax & Oxycodone](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/a-hollywood-producer-s-shocking-addiction-to-xanax-oxycodone) — 2026-04-28T08:54:00+00:00
- [I Stole an Entire Pharmacy for Drugs | How Heroin Took Over My Life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-stole-an-entire-pharmacy-for-drugs-how-heroin-took-over-my-life) — 2026-04-26T23:43:00+00:00
- [I Thought Prison Was My Only Way Out | How Addiction Led Me to 15 Years in Prison](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-thought-prison-was-my-only-way-out-how-addiction-led-me-to-15-years-in-prison) — 2026-04-24T21:00:00+00:00
- [Navy SEAL to Fentanyl Addict | K9 Attack, Tased, Lost Everything… Then Got Sober](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/navy-seal-to-fentanyl-addict-k9-attack-tased-lost-everything-then-got-sober) — 2026-04-22T19:47:00+00:00
- [I Couldn't Stop Using… Even When I Knew It Would Kill Me | Fentanyl Addiction](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-couldn-t-stop-using-even-when-i-knew-it-would-kill-me-fentanyl-addiction) — 2026-04-21T02:19:00+00:00
- [I Hid a 10-Year Drug Addiction From My Wife | Blackout, Lies & How I Finally Got Sober](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-hid-a-10-year-drug-addiction-from-my-wife-blackout-lies-how-i-finally-got-sober) — 2026-04-18T13:55:00+00:00
- [I Was Drinking Vodka All Day | Car Crash, Hidden Addiction & How I Finally Got Sober](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-was-drinking-vodka-all-day-car-crash-hidden-addiction-how-i-finally-got-sober) — 2026-04-16T01:44:00+00:00
- [My Son Was Doing Fentanyl at 16… I Had to Let Him Go to Save His Life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/my-son-was-doing-fentanyl-at-16-i-had-to-let-him-go-to-save-his-life) — 2026-04-14T00:55:00+00:00
- [Heroin Was Killing Me | I Smuggled Drugs into Rikers Island & Nearly Died](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/heroin-was-killing-me-i-smuggled-drugs-into-rikers-island-nearly-died) — 2026-04-11T12:39:00+00:00
- [Inside A 14-Year-Old Stripper’s Brutal Addiction | Meth, Overcoming Cancer & Sobriety](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/inside-a-14-year-old-stripper-s-brutal-addiction-meth-overcoming-cancer-sobriety) — 2026-04-11T01:51:00+00:00
- [I Blacked Out at 16… Then Tried to End It All | How I Rebuilt My Life in Sobriety](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-blacked-out-at-16-then-tried-to-end-it-all-how-i-rebuilt-my-life-in-sobriety) — 2026-04-09T01:26:00+00:00
- [From Combat Hero to Homeless Addict: An Unbelievable True Story](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/from-combat-hero-to-homeless-addict-an-unbelievable-true-story) — 2026-04-07T23:00:00+00:00
- [Fentanyl Nightmare in Kensington | I Witnessed Hell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/fentanyl-nightmare-in-kensington-i-witnessed-hell) — 2026-04-07T19:15:00+00:00
- ["I Didn’t Want to Exist Anymore" | She was the #1 European Tennis Pro But Her Mental Health was Secretly Unraveling](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-didn-t-want-to-exist-anymore-she-was-the-1-european-tennis-pro-but-her-mental-health-was-secretly-unraveling) — 2026-04-05T23:00:00+00:00
- [Inside a Rockstar's BRUTAL Addiction to Fentanyl | The Miracle Call That Saved My Life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/inside-a-rockstar-s-brutal-addiction-to-fentanyl-the-miracle-call-that-saved-my-life) — 2026-04-03T00:30:00+00:00
- [The Day I Lost Everything | My Battle With Alcohol & The Truth About My Struggle](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/the-day-i-lost-everything-my-battle-with-alcohol-the-truth-about-my-struggle) — 2026-04-01T12:47:00+00:00
- [I Was Held Hostage by a Biker Gang | Shooting Heroin at 15 Nearly Killed Me](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/i-was-held-hostage-by-a-biker-gang-shooting-heroin-at-15-nearly-killed-me) — 2026-03-31T00:07:00+00:00

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