Rise Above with Kevin Lanning

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

Episode Date
I Went from Snorting Pills to Snorting Heroin...10 Months Later I Was in Prison
Dec 11, 2025
Cross-Addicted to Alcohol, Drugs, Gambling, Women & Nicotine | A SHOCKING Story of Recovery
Dec 10, 2025
My Son’s Opioid Addiction Nearly Destroyed Our Family | A Mother’s Journey to Recovery
Dec 09, 2025
Cocaine Ruined My Life | Dr. Jason Rudolph’s Rise from Addiction to Renowned Psychologist
Dec 08, 2025
Underoath’s Frontman Exposes SHOCKING Drug Spiral: Snorting Xanax, Dirty Cops & a Double Life
Dec 06, 2025
I Lost My Daughter to Fentanyl… Then I Spiraled Into Alcoholism
Dec 03, 2025
Bipolar Depression Pushed Me to Suicide | Opiate Addiction & Painkillers Almost Took My Life
Dec 02, 2025
I Drank 20 Drinks a Day | Surviving a 0.40 BAC, Losing My Sister & Crawling Back From ROCK BOTTOM
Nov 29, 2025
Homeless Fentanyl Addict’s SHOCKING Survival Story Living Under a Bridge
Nov 27, 2025
Fentanyl Nearly Killed Me | Gangster Disciple’s Descent Into Addiction, Drive-Bys & Sobriety
Nov 25, 2025
From ‘Fun Drunk’ to Full-Blown Alcoholic | My Terrifying Descent Into Addiction
Nov 23, 2025
I Lost Everything to Crack | My Descent Into Hell and the Fight Back
Nov 22, 2025
How Trauma Shapes Your Life: Dr. Monica Vermani Breaks Down Stress, Anxiety & Healing
Nov 20, 2025
I Overdosed on Fentanyl Mid-Flight | My Descent Into Fentanyl Hell & How I Finally Got Sober
Nov 17, 2025
Relapse After 13 Years Sober: The Dark Side of Addiction
Nov 16, 2025
From Olympic Ice to Shooting Meth in a NYC Bathroom | How I Overcame Addiction and Found Sobriety
Nov 14, 2025
I Shot Heroin for the First Time in Prison | My Shocking Story of Recovery
Nov 12, 2025
Everyone In Her Family Was Addicted to Drugs | How to Break Generational Trauma
Nov 10, 2025
$25K Gamble to Build an Empire | How I Became One of America’s Most Powerful Female Attorneys
Nov 10, 2025
Fentanyl Nightmare in Kensington | I Witnessed Hell on the Streets of Philly
Nov 06, 2025
She Lost Everything to Heroin—But Found Recovery & Purpose | Powerful Addiction Transformation Story
Nov 05, 2025
He Broke His Neck…Then Came Back to Win 5 World Titles | The INSANE Life of Vinny Paz
Nov 04, 2025
OxyContin Turned My Life Into a Nightmare | A Survivor’s Shocking Story
Oct 31, 2025
I Was a Reality TV Star—and a Raging Alcoholic | How Addiction Took Over My Life
Oct 29, 2025
"I Was Stripping, Dealing, and Shooting Heroin" | Raw Addiction & Recovery Story
Oct 26, 2025
Addiction Lawyer Helps Families Lost in Addiction | Finding Hope & Taking Action
Oct 25, 2025
A Fentanyl Addict's Raw Story of Addiction & How He Found Sobriety
Oct 23, 2025
Addicted to Roxy: Wall Street Drug Dealer Busted at Ground Zero | $12K/Month Oxy Habit & Sobriety
Oct 20, 2025
Hooked on the Needle | The Dark Reality of IV Heroin Addiction
Oct 17, 2025
I Lost Everything to Alcohol | Homeless, Addicted & My Journey to Recovery
Oct 15, 2025
A Mother’s Fight to Save Her Addicted Daughter | Healing, Letting Go, and How She Finally Got Sober
Oct 14, 2025
How Sobriety Transformed My Life After Addiction | Therapist Shares Recovery & Trauma Healing Tools
Oct 10, 2025
Inside a Heroin Addict’s Dark Journey in Kensington | Robbing Family, Jail & Getting Sober
Oct 08, 2025
From Surf Prodigy to Crack Houses & Prison | Insane Addiction Story
Oct 07, 2025
Hooked on Heroin & Homeless in Detroit | From Opioid Addiction & Jail to 10 Years Sober
Oct 04, 2025
I Was Shooting Heroin With My Mom Living in a Tent | Jail, Homelessness & How I Got Clean & Sober
Oct 01, 2025
I Was Living in Hotels Snorting Meth & Drinking Vodka All Day | Bubba Sparxxx Opens Up on Addiction & Recovery
Sep 29, 2025
Inside a Binge Drinker’s Double Life on Cocaine & Alcohol | Rock Bottom, Jail & 13 Years of Sobriety
Sep 28, 2025
"I Was Throwing Up Blood and Still Drinking" | Alcoholic Seizures, Hopelessness & How I Got Sober
Sep 24, 2025
Harvey Weinstein Assaulted Me at 16 | Alcohol Abuse, Xanax Addiction, Weinstein Trial and Getting Sober
Sep 22, 2025
Blackouts, Shame & the Illusion of Control | The Brutal Reality of Alcoholism
Sep 20, 2025
I Smoked Myself Into a Crack Psychosis | 33 Felonies, 3 Raids, 40 Year Prison Sentence, Sobriety
Sep 17, 2025
Coming Off Adderall Was the Worst Experience of My Life | My Brutal 15 Year Addiction to Stimulants
Sep 16, 2025
I Caught My Wife Cheating, Blacked Out & Landed in Prison | Domestic Violence, Prison & Sobriety
Sep 14, 2025
Inside a Police Officers Brutal Addiction to Painkillers | Addiction, PTSD, Brain Trauma & Recovery
Sep 12, 2025
My Mugshot Was Everywhere: The Brutal Consequences of a DUI
Sep 11, 2025
"Once I Shot Heroin, It Was GAME OVER" | My Dark Descent Into Addiction
Sep 08, 2025
Chevy Chase RAW & UNCUT | Hollywood Stories, Wild Years & Untold Moments
Sep 07, 2025
A Heroin Addict's SHOCKING Descent | D1 Football Full Scholarship, Prison Time, Homelessness & His Road to Recovery
Sep 05, 2025
I Started Smoking Crack at 17 | Drug Addiction Story, Family Tragedy & Sobriety Recovery Journey
Sep 02, 2025
The Needle Became My Addiction | From OxyContin to Shooting Heroin & Facing 8 Years in Prison
Aug 29, 2025
I Was a Head Football Coach and a Raging Alcoholic | The Day I Lost Everything
Aug 28, 2025
Addicted to Heroin at 17 | Trap Houses, Overdose, Jail & How She Got Clean and Sober
Aug 25, 2025
Inside the BRUTAL Psychosis of a Bipolar Drug Addict
Aug 23, 2025
My Addiction Wasn’t Just Heroin, It Was the Needle | Jail, Heroin & My Fight for Survival
Aug 21, 2025
Valedictorian Turned Addict: Inside His Secret Life of Drugs & Overdoses
Aug 20, 2025
The Dark Side of Alcoholism | Half a Gallon of Fireball a Day
Aug 18, 2025
Incest Survivor | Raised in a House of Horrors
Aug 17, 2025
I Was a Teacher—and a Raging Alcoholic | How I Lost Everything
Aug 14, 2025
Alcohol Was My Freedom Until It Destroyed Everything – The Dark Side of Addiction
Aug 12, 2025
Addicted to Fentanyl: Inside a Stripper’s Life of Chaos and Survival
Aug 10, 2025
Fentanyl Nearly Killed Me: The Darkest Days of Addiction and the Fight for Survival
Aug 08, 2025
I Started Shooting Heroin at 16 | Childhood Abuse, Baker Acted & How I Finally Got Clean & Sober
Aug 06, 2025
I Blew a .37 and Woke Up in a Hospital | DUI, Benzos, Cocaine & a Life Rebuilt
Aug 04, 2025
Fentanyl Sent Me Into Psychosis | Brutal Jail Detox & My Journey to Get Clean and Sober
Jul 31, 2025
Addicted to Porn: The Brutal Truth About Porn Addiction
Jul 30, 2025
28 Years on Adderall: Ricki Friedman’s Story of Addiction, Recovery, and Rebuilding Her Life
Jul 27, 2025
Doctor Turned Drug Addict | Inside A Doctor's Brutal Addiction To Opioids
Jul 25, 2025
Inside an Alcoholic’s Brutal Fall: From National Champion to Homelessness Drinking Hand Sanitizer
Jul 23, 2025
The Dark Side of IV Heroin Use: Jail Time, Overdose, and the Road to Sobriety
Jul 21, 2025
My Brutal Addiction to Perc 30s, Locked Up, and Left for Dead
Jul 19, 2025
Inside an Alcoholic's Battle with Severe Depression | How I Got Sober & Found Mental Clarity
Jul 15, 2025
I Was Living a Double Life | Addicted to Coke & Alcohol, Cheating & Wanting to Die
Jul 12, 2025
The Dark Side of Alcoholism: I Lost Everything to Alcohol | Relapse in Sobriety
Jul 10, 2025
Inside the Dark Reality of Drug Psychosis: Murder Trial, Public Shame & the Road to Sobriety
Jul 08, 2025
She Risked Everything to Follow Her Own Path | Nigerian Immigrant Story of Adversity & Purpose
Jul 06, 2025
Undercover Agent Exposes Shocking Truth About Ch*ld Trafficking: What I Saw Changed My Life Forever
Jul 03, 2025
I Was Addicted to the Needle | How I Survived a Brutal Drug Spiral and Found Sobriety
Jul 01, 2025
I Pulled the Trigger Just to Pay Rent | Crack Addiction, Kidnapping & a Life Sentence to Redemption
Jun 29, 2025
Cop Turned Cocaine Dealer | The Vicious Grip of Cocaine Addiction
Jun 25, 2025
I Married a Doctor… and Ended Up With a Drug Addict I Didn’t Recognize
Jun 24, 2025
"I Woke Up in Jail for Trying to Decapitate My Mom" | Alcohol & Opiate Addiction Spiral
Jun 22, 2025
Addiction Recovery: God saved me from a Drug + Alcohol Addiction | Rise Above Reflections
Jun 20, 2025
"My 40 Roxy-a-Day Addiction Nearly Killed Me" | Exposing Florida’s Ruthless Pill Mill Empire
Jun 17, 2025
"I Was Doing 30 Oxycontins a Day" | Brutal Painkiller Addiction Story & How I Got Sober
Jun 14, 2025
Inside an Alcoholic’s Chaotic Life | Sexually Abused, Abandoned & Addicted
Jun 11, 2025
Inside the SHOCKING Fall of an Aspiring NHL Star | How Addiction Destroyed Everything
Jun 08, 2025
My Husband’s Hidden Opiate Addiction | Surviving a Spouses Addiction & a Federal Raid
Jun 05, 2025
"I Tried Heroin in a Laundry Room" | David Koechner Exposes His Darkest Addiction Struggles
Jun 02, 2025
I Started Shooting Heroin at 15 | Human Trafficked, Prison, and How I Finally Got Clean & Sober
Jun 01, 2025
“I Married a Junkie” | Dr. Cali Estes Exposes the Dark Reality of Fentanyl and Heroin Addiction, Detox & Recovery
May 28, 2025
Inside a PCP Addicts Brutal Lifestyle | Molested at 10, Pregnant by 16, and Selling Crack by 20
May 25, 2025
Inside the Brutality of Drug Psychosis | D1 Baseball Star at 16 Spirals into Addiction
May 21, 2025
The Alcoholic's Struggle: How Sobriety Changed My Life and Saved My Mental Health
May 18, 2025
Inside a War Hero’s Brutal Return Home: Addiction, Jail, Redemption (Security for Da Baby & Lil Baby)
May 14, 2025
The Secret Hell of Anorexia: My Road to Recovery, Relapse Triggers & What It's Like to Live With It
May 12, 2025
UFC Champion Kayla Harrison: From Sexual Abuse Survivor to UFC Bantamweight Champion
May 09, 2025
Inside a Drug-Fueled Armed Robber’s SHOCKING Double Life
May 07, 2025
Inside an OxyContin Addict's SHOCKING Lifestyle | Survivor's Guilt
May 04, 2025
Undefeated BKFC Fighter Quentin "QG" Gaskins Reveals Traumatic Upbringing | Jake Paul, Rise To Fame
Apr 30, 2025
A Mother's Worst Nightmare: Losing My Son to Fentanyl After a Lifetime of Struggle
Apr 27, 2025
I Was Shot 5 Times: An Undefeated Boxer’s Incredible Comeback Story
Apr 24, 2025
Surviving Trauma, PTSD, and a Household Shattered by Addiction: My Journey to Healing and Saving My Mental Health
Apr 21, 2025
I Was a Death Row Guard — What I Saw Still Haunts Me
Apr 17, 2025
The Fatal Accident That Shattered Everything | How I Escaped Opiates After 45 Surgeries
Apr 13, 2025
Inside an Alcoholic's Chaotic Lifestyle | The Dark Side of Alcohol Addiction & How I Found Sobriety
Apr 13, 2025
Inside a Nitrous Oxide Addict’s Brutal Lifestyle After Being Paralyzed by the COVID Vaccine
Apr 05, 2025
Brooklyn's Drug Kingpin | From Prison at 16 to Building a Jewelry Empire
Apr 02, 2025
Joe "Tiger King" Exotic Drops BOMBSHELL About Trump Pardon… Tiger King 2 Coming?!
Mar 30, 2025
Inside A Heroin Addict's BRUTAL Lifestyle
Mar 26, 2025
The Ex-GOOGLE Exec Who Stole Millions With John McAfee | Tech's Dark Side
Mar 23, 2025
Inside a College Football Player’s Tragic Injury That Left Him Paralyzed & His Unbelievable Comeback
Mar 20, 2025
I Am An Alcoholic | How I Knew I Had a Problem & Got Treatment for Alcoholism
Mar 18, 2025
I Was Childhood Friends With the 20th 9/11 Hijacker – The FBI Came for Me, Then I Became a Spy
Mar 14, 2025
Overcoming Alcoholism | Inside An Addicts Brutal Lifestyle
Mar 12, 2025
Former Rikers Island Chief Reveals the Mental Health Crisis Behind Bars & Its Deadly Consequences
Mar 10, 2025
Inside A Kingpin's Multi-Million Dollar Health Clinic Scam | From Federal Prison to Media Mogul
Mar 06, 2025
Surviving Iraq: The Psychological Impact of War on an Air Force Sergeant
Mar 04, 2025
An IV Heroin User's DARK Reality in Kensington | Surviving a Self-Inflicted Headshot Su*cide Attempt
Feb 26, 2025
Inside a Google Executive's SHOCKING Opioid Addiction
Feb 26, 2025
Inside The Fatal Night at University of South Florida That Changed My Life Forever
Feb 19, 2025
Inside Florida’s Most Notorious Pill Mill: Exposing the OxyContin Empire Backed by Big Pharma
Feb 16, 2025
ADDICTION, FRAUD & POWER | Inside a $140M Wall Street Empire
Feb 12, 2025
The Truth About Reality TV Fame: Big Brother Star Zach Rance’s Story of Struggle & Success
Feb 11, 2025
Inside Dpeezy's Brutal Addiction to Xanax, Methadone and Lean | Daniel Phaithaisong
Feb 05, 2025
Inside The SHOCKING Double Life of an Alcoholic
Feb 04, 2025
Inside a Doctor’s $10M Insurance Fraud Scheme That Takes a Shocking Turn
Jan 29, 2025
An Alcoholic's Testimony | The Dark Side of Alcohol Addiction
Jan 28, 2025
Inside the SHOCKING Life of a Fentanyl Addict | What Fentanyl Actually Does To The Brain
Jan 24, 2025
The Violent Night That Cost An NBA Prospect Everything
Jan 21, 2025
Inside An IV Fentanyl Addict's BRUTAL Lifestyle
Jan 18, 2025
Florida's Drug Kingpin | From Serving 23 Years in Prison to Becoming a Real Estate Mogul
Jan 15, 2025
Inside A Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivor’s Brutal Upbringing
Jan 13, 2025
How Stress Discolored My Skin
Jan 10, 2025
Inside a Stripper's Brutal Addiction to Fentanyl
Jan 07, 2025
Inside Joe "Tiger King" Exotic's Chaotic Lifestyle | Exclusive Prison Interview
Jan 04, 2025
Inside An Oxycontin Addict's Brutal Life of Crime
Jan 04, 2025
The Alcoholic's Struggle: How Sobriety Changed My Life and Saved My Mental Health
Jan 01, 2025
Inside A Lifelong Battle With Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
Dec 30, 2024
Inside A Heroin Addicts Brutal Lifestyle
Dec 26, 2024
Private Investigator EXPOSES Shocking Truth in Karen Read & Turtleboy Scandal
Dec 24, 2024
Inside A Nurse's Addiction To Fentanyl
Dec 18, 2024
Inside A Violent 1% Outlaw's Brutal Lifestyle
Dec 15, 2024
Ex-CFO Exposes $5M Tax Fraud Scandal: Shocking Truth Behind NYC’s Taxi King Empire
Dec 11, 2024
Inside An Alcoholic's Brutal Lifestyle | The Dark Side of Alcohol Addiction
Dec 09, 2024
Inside A Detective’s Chilling School Shooter Takedown
Dec 04, 2024
Surviving America’s Opioid Epidemic | Ginjer’s Brutal Lifestyle
Dec 02, 2024
Inside A Professional Bank Robber's Brutal Lifestyle Fueled By Addiction to Heroin
Nov 27, 2024
Trafficking For The Cartel | Taken Down by DEA, Brutal Prison Conditions and Getting Clean & Sober
Nov 22, 2024
How A Career Criminal Went From Prison to Hip Hop Icon
Nov 20, 2024
Inside a Warden’s Groundbreaking Prison Reform Strategy
Nov 18, 2024
Inside A Kingpin's Brutal Lifestyle
Nov 13, 2024
Star Athlete Becomes A Prisoner After Fatal Car Accident
Nov 10, 2024
One Punch, A Lifetime Changed: How A Bar Fight Turned Fatal
Nov 06, 2024
Inside the Underworld of Wiretapping: A Military Officer’s Journey to Organized Crime
Nov 04, 2024
How My Family Was Brutally Murdered In Front of Me By The Cartel | From Orphan to Millionaire
Oct 30, 2024
Inside a Salvadoran's Brutal Escape from MS-13
Oct 28, 2024
Inside A Heroin Addicts Brutal Lifestyle
Oct 21, 2024
Dr. Nadine Macaluso Reveals Dark Truths of Marriage to The Wolf of Wall Street: Inside Narcissism
Oct 15, 2024
Prison Inmate Interview | Cricket
Oct 09, 2024
Surviving the Horror: My Family’s Darkest Secret Exposed | Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivor
Oct 07, 2024
Child Abuse Survivor Reveals How Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Saved His Life
Oct 02, 2024
Prison Shot Caller JD Delay Reveals Brutal Prison Secrets, Meth Addiction, and Path to Sobriety
Sep 30, 2024
How a Drunk Driving Tragedy Led Me to Get Sober and Change My Life
Sep 25, 2024
Inside the Violent Night That Changed My Life Forever: Facing Life in Prison
Sep 22, 2024
Inside a Violent Biker Life: Matt’s Brutal Lifestyle & Journey to Sobriety | A Story of Redemption
Sep 18, 2024
Gabriel-Kane Day-Lewis Reveals The Truth About His Battle With Addiction and How He Found Sobriety
Sep 11, 2024
Against All Odds | A Con Man's Mind-Blowing Scam Leads Him to Go on the Run and Do the Unthinkable
Sep 04, 2024
Drug Lord's Billion-Dollar Empire: Smuggling for the Mob | Secrets of the Underworld
Aug 28, 2024
Rise Above with Kevin Lanning Trailer
Aug 23, 2024
Colombian Cartel Mule's Shocking Survival in Ecuador's Deadliest Prison | 7 Years of HELL
Aug 21, 2024
Florida Shuffle Trafficking Victim Reveals the Harsh Reality of Her Journey Through Addiction
Aug 20, 2024
Ex-Con’s Shocking Decision Lands Him in Prison for a Decade | His Miraculous Road to Redemption
Aug 07, 2024
Sentenced to Prison and On The Run, Jamie Does The Unthinkable | From Failure to Success
Jul 31, 2024
After Being Addicted To OxyContin For 10 Years Jon Resorts to Drug Trafficking To Support His Habit
Jul 27, 2024
Lone Survivor of Deadly Car Crash Falls into Horrifying Drug Addiction and Does the Unthinkable
Jul 17, 2024
Childhood Trauma Secrets Revealed: How EMDR & ART Therapy Transform Lives
Jul 16, 2024
Judge Threatens Jail Time For 3rd DWI | Finding Sobriety and Then This Happens...
Jul 16, 2024
Shocking Truth About Dating | Love Bombing, Narcissism and Gas Lighting
Jul 16, 2024
PFL Light Heavyweight Champion Impa Kasanganay's Humble Beginnings to Global Success
Jun 12, 2024
Licensed Clinician Reveals Shocking Grips of His Addiction Which Led Him to Get Sober
Jun 11, 2024
EP 15: Healing Through Tragedy: Mental Health Insights with Shannon, LCSW
May 29, 2024
EP 14: 17-Year-Old Mastermind's Million Dollar Ponzi Scheme | Ian Bick's Shocking Prison Redemption Story
May 22, 2024
EP 13: Finding Strength Within | Cat's Inspiring Story of Recovery and Transformation
May 09, 2024
EP12: Unbreakable: A Pro MMA Fighter's Journey Blooms in Adversity
May 02, 2024
EP11: Man In Coma Has Near-Death Spiritual Awakening
Apr 25, 2024
EP10: Miracle Sobriety Story | From Addiction & Jail to Counselor
Apr 18, 2024
EP8: UFC Fighter Jared 'Flash' Gordon's Chilling Story | Grips of Addiction to UFC Octagon
Apr 04, 2024
EP7: Nuclear Submarine Navy Veteran's Tragedy to Triumph Story
Apr 04, 2024
EP6: Struggle to Strength: Overcoming Xanax Addiction & Embracing Transformation
Apr 04, 2024
EP5: Being Taken, Surviving Addiction In NYC Streets to Entrepreneurship
Apr 04, 2024
EP4: Defying the Odds: Bella's Journey from Division 1 Softball Star to Overcoming Paralysis and Painkiller Addiction
Apr 04, 2024
EP3: Triumph Over Childhood Trauma and Sobriety - Jose's Story
Apr 04, 2024
EP2: Nuclear Submarine Vet's Harrowing Resilience Journey
Apr 04, 2024
EP1: Alec's Inspirational Journey from Rock Bottom to Radiant Success
Apr 04, 2024