Rise Above with Kevin Lanning5 Marras 2025

She Lost Everything to Heroin—But Found Recovery & Purpose | Powerful Addiction Transformation Story

Meghan’s story is one of the most emotional, raw, and impactful episodes we’ve ever filmed on Rise Above. After years of opioid addiction, relapse cycles, losing her teeth, stealing to survive, and eventually living in a tent community—Meghan was ready to end her life. Instead, she made one call that saved everything. Inside this episode we talk about: Her descent from partying → pills → sniffing heroin → injecting What actually triggered her relapse AFTER years sober How dishonesty and “grey area using” almost took her out The moment she raised her hand in AA and had to reset her sober date Why secrets = the real relapse How emotional sobriety, service, God & community changed her entire life Today, Meghan is nearly 6 years sober, a professional speaker, a coach, and she helps others reclaim their power, heal trauma, and build real inner peace. There are thousands of people right now who feel like THEY are beyond repair. Her story proves the opposite. If you’re struggling—don’t give up before the miracle happens. Rise Above Recovery Meetings Every Monday night I host an open Rise Above recovery meeting for addiction, alcoholism, gambling, food addiction, etc. To get the Zoom link, email: Kevin@RiseAbovePod.com Patreon Join Rise Above Patreon for LIVE interviews + talk with guests after episodes #AddictionRecovery #HeroinAddiction #OpiateEpidemic #RelapseRecovery #SobrietyJourney #EmotionalSobriety #RiseAbovePodcast #AddictionAwareness #MentalHealthMatters #RecoveredNotCured #HopeAfterAddiction #TraumaHealing #SpiritualAwakening #12StepRecovery #NeverRecoverAlone #SoberLife #RecoveryStory #OpioidCrisis #SoberCommunity #FaithInRecovery Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tämä jakso on lisätty Podme-palveluun avoimen RSS-syötteen kautta eikä se ole Podmen omaa tuotantoa. Siksi jakso saattaa sisältää mainontaa.

Jaksot(307)

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

From the outside Gregg looked like he had it handled — a family, a career, a wife he'd known since middle school. Underneath it he was doing cocaine every single day, and had been for years. He'll tel...

12 Heinä 1h 7min

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

Pete Kuc was living a life that looked like the movies. A young real estate hotshot in northeast Florida, he was making a fortune, flying on private jets to the Bahamas, entertaining high-end clients ...

9 Heinä 1h 16min

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

Colton's addiction began long before adulthood. By 17, he was injecting drugs. Before turning 20, he was cooking meth, living in violent drug houses, escaping juvenile detention, and eventually servin...

9 Heinä 1h 42min

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

Damon Watson did everything right. Harvard-Westlake prep school. Princeton, where he was a national debate champion. Harvard Law School. A career as an intellectual property litigator at Latham & Watk...

7 Heinä 1h 33min

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

Haley Ragsdale grew up outside Nashville in the wealthy town of Franklin, a scared kid with crippling anxiety, insomnia, and a phobia of vomiting so severe it ruled her entire childhood. When her pare...

5 Heinä 1h 42min

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

Clint Pitre was raised by his grandparents in Deltona, Florida, a Jehovah's Witness household where he always felt like something was off. By middle school he was smoking weed and drinking at the skat...

3 Heinä 1h 4min

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

Jason Lyles was adopted at 14 days old and raised in a strict Southern Baptist home. He read the Bible cover to cover by age eight and felt called to ministry. He also found pornography at ten or elev...

1 Heinä 58min

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

Laura Tomana appeared to have it all—a successful career, a thriving social life, and a bright future. Behind closed doors, however, alcohol had taken over her life.What began as partying evolved into...

29 Kesä 2h 4min