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

Ryan Root was a skinny kid from upstate New York who got picked up by girls at 13 and couldn't grow facial hair at 28. Doctors dismissed him. So he went to the black market for testosterone at 23 — and his life changed overnight. He put on 32 pounds of muscle in weeks. His confidence exploded. His ambition came back. And then he discovered he had a gift for business. What started as trying to make $200-$300 extra dollars a week turned into a full blown black market steroid operation making $100,000 a week at its peak — with chemists, shippers and employees compartmentalized across the entire country specifically to avoid detection. He was dropping $60,000 at Vegas tables on a single trip and living in a penthouse overlooking Manhattan. Then at 5am, 15 DEA agents kicked his door in. He did federal prison. And never drank again. Now 11 years sober Ryan has built one of the largest legitimate hormone replacement therapy companies in the country — using the same obsessive business mind that built the empire that took him down. This one is for anyone who has ever turned a dark chapter into the foundation of something extraordinary. 🔔 Subscribe for new episodes every week 🌐 gofor.com 📲 @go_for4 (Instagram) If you or someone you love is struggling with addiction or mental health, you don’t have to do it alone. Reach out to my partners at Compassion Behavioral Health. They offer individualized care and a full continuum of treatment. Call or Text: 844-443-5669 Visit: https://compassionbehavioralhealth.com/?utm_source=rise%20above%20with%20kevin%20lanning&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=may #RiseAbove #DEARaid #BlackMarketSteroids #FederalPrison #SoberLife #11YearsSober #RecoveryIsPossible#AddictionRecovery #Testosterone #HRT #MensRecovery #SobrietyJourney #MentalHealth#EntrepreneurRecovery #RiseAbovePodcast #KevinLanning #RyanRoot #GoFor #PrisonToSuccess #OneMoreDay Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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