{"podcast":{"title":"Rise Above with Kevin Lanning","slug":"rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198","podcast_index_feed_id":6803198,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/AKTBA1006605000","website_url":"https://linktr.ee/riseabovewithk?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=6b1f7764-7419-4a7f-a839-cf8c0a598b67","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/3a5442ec-eabc-11ee-95dd-e7ccf73ae422/image/0b066f67235f4a85e5e9bfde2a02c902.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Kevin Lanning","episode_count":315,"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T08:19:45.225844+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198"},"episode":{"title":"A Decade Long Addiction to Opioids | How I Broke the Chains and Got Clean & Sober","slug":"a-decade-long-addiction-to-opioids-how-i-broke-the-chains-and-got-clean-sober","published_at":"2026-07-22T21:00:00+00:00","page_url":"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","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/AKTBA6923799554.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/AKTBA6923799554.mp3","summary":"By June of 2017, Billy Rich had nothing left in his own eyes. A decade into opioid addiction, isolated in a blacked-out bedroom in Rhode Island, cut off from his family, grieving his father, buried under legal fear and a mental state he describes as beyond anything he'd known — he had decided he was done. He didn't see a recovery option. He didn't think there was a way out. He survived that night. Something he can only describe as divine intervention pulled him back at the last possible second, and for the first time he heard a different thought: maybe I'm still here for a reason. His mother found him, got on the phone calling every detox in a fifty-mile radius, and Billy walked into treatment the next day. What followed was the slow, unglamorous work of rebuilding a person — eighteen weeks in an outpatient program when the standard was six, learning who he was without a substance for the first time since he was a teenager, walking miles to and from treatment every day because his life was in pieces. Nine years later, Billy is engaged, has a two-year-old, has built a career with more opportunity than he ever imagined, and walked into this interview with a smile he couldn't have pictured back then. By June of 2017, Billy Rich had nothing left in his own eyes. A decade into opioid addiction, isolated in a blacked-out bedroom in Rhode Island, cut off from his family, grieving his father, buried under legal fear and a mental state he describes as beyond anything he'd known — he had decided he was done. He didn't see a recovery option. He didn't think there was a way out.He survived that night. Something he can only describe as divine intervention pulled him back at the last possible second, and for the first time he heard a different thought: maybe I'm still here…","meta_description":"By June of 2017, Billy Rich had nothing left in his own eyes. A decade into opioid addiction, isolated in a blacked-out bedroom in Rhode Island, cut off f…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6878,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/rise-above-with-kevin-lanning-6803198/episodes/a-decade-long-addiction-to-opioids-how-i-broke-the-chains-and-got-clean-sober/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"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.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}