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Rise Above with Kevin Lanning

Kevin Lanning

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

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I Shot Fentanyl Until I Was Completely Unconscious | Jail, Losing My Daughter &...

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

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

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I Blacked Out Every Night While Running The San Francisco Bureau of HuffPost | H...

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I Drank A Bottle Of Scotch Every Night | From Alcoholic Depression to 39 Years S...

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Inside A Chicago Street Junkie's 20-Year Spiral | 3 DUIs, Heroin, Cook County Ja...

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I Was Taking 10 Xanax Bars A Night At 17, Stabbed A Woman At 37 Weeks Pregnant &...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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I Did Neurofeedback for Anxiety, Stress & PTSD — Here's What Happened | Compassi...

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

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

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May 15, 202658:15pending

She Married a Drug Dealer in Vegas While Running From Cops | Cocaine Addiction,...

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Throwing Up Blood & Still Drinking | Stage 4 Cirrhosis, Liver Transplant & 19 Mo...

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May 12, 20261:07:04pending

I Survived Iraq…Then Crystal Meth Nearly Destroyed My Life | 5 Felonies, Combat...

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Inside a Heroin Addict’s BRUTAL Lifestyle | Joining a Gang, Attempted Murder, Pr...

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

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

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May 6, 202652:15pending

I Was Binge Drinking & Doing Coke… But Was High Functioning | Getting Sober With...

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May 5, 20261:16:42pending

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

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

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Addicted at 11: Crack Took Everything From Me | Robbing Dealers, Prison & Findin...

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A Hollywood Producer’s SHOCKING Addiction to Xanax & Oxycodone

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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From Combat Hero to Homeless Addict: An Unbelievable True Story

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Fentanyl Nightmare in Kensington | I Witnessed Hell

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"I Didn’t Want to Exist Anymore" | She was the #1 European Tennis Pro But Her Me...

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Inside a Rockstar's BRUTAL Addiction to Fentanyl | The Miracle Call That Saved M...

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

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

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"I Wanted The Batch That Killed 5 People" | Inside A Brutal Fentanyl Addiction

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I Made $1.2 Million Selling Sneakers While High on Lean & Percocet

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