I Was Shooting Fentanyl On The Streets Of Kensington
From the outside, Cassidy Matone had it all together — a makeup artist and bikini bodybuilder from Long Island with her own business. Addiction doesn't discriminate. What started as a single Roxy a fr...
10 Elo 1h 26min
How My Recovery Podcast Ended Up On Paramount+ | Behind The Scenes Of Building It From Nothing
Come behind the scenes on one of the biggest weeks yet for Rise Above. We just launched our merch line — hoodies, sweatshirts, and hats — and every dollar from it goes right back into the podcast to k...
9 Elo 14min
I Was Sold For Sex And Had No Say | Overcoming Sexual Trauma, An Eating Disorder & Getting Sober
Kelsey Daniels grew up poor in Connecticut, one of three kids, chasing an athletic scholarship as her whole identity and her only path out. She was molested at eight, sexually assaulted at sixteen, an...
6 Elo 1h 35min
I Started Shooting Heroin as a Teen | Robbing a Bank High on PCP, Prison and Getting Sober
Matt Handy was the oldest of ten kids, raised in a strict religious home in San Diego — and living a double life almost from the start. He smoked weed at 13 the night his youngest sibling was born, tr...
5 Elo 2h 31min
"When I Drank, I Couldn't Stop" | Binge Drinking, Blackouts & How I Finally Got Sober
From the outside, Allie Serea had it all together — good grades, a masters degree, a corporate job at a major company, an easy way with people, and a reputation as the fun party girl. On the inside, s...
3 Elo 1h 3min
I Was A Prison Guard Secretly Shooting Heroin | SWAT Raided My Trap House While I Was In Uniform
Andrew Gautreau grew up in a middle-class Louisiana family — a dad who built his own business and a mother who worked in child services, sometimes bringing him along as she pulled kids out of crack ho...
2 Elo 1h 13min
I Was Homeless Shooting Fentanyl in Miami | Overdoses, Coma & How I Finally Got Sober
Jonah Fingerhood had a nearly perfect childhood in New Hampshire — until he was 16 and lost his older brother to substance abuse. A year later, a skateboarding accident and a compound fracture put a b...
1 Elo 1h 6min
Addicted To Roxys At 17 For 15 Years | How Suboxone Kept Me Stuck & How I Finally Got Sober
Chris Broby grew up in Sarasota, Florida, in a good middle-class home — hardworking parents who built a furniture business, no trauma, no abuse. But he always felt a little like the black sheep, a sma...
31 Heinä 2h 7min
