Rock Bottom With Ryan

About Rock Bottom With Ryan

After 18 years of drinking, countless blackouts, arrests, and hospital stays, I finally hit my bottom—and started to climb. This podcast is about what it really looks like to get sober. No sugarcoating. No step-by-step manual. Just honest conversations about addiction, recovery, relapse, and everything in between. If you’ve struggled, if someone you love is struggling, or if you just want to understand the chaos behind the bottle—this is for you. Let’s talk about what happens after rock bottom.

Publisher

rockbottomwithryan

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

30 Jun 2025

Latest episode

5 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

215 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Nov 2026

   Turning the Page, Changing the VERSE - Luke

   Luke’s Recovery Story: Benzo Addiction, Rehab, and Building Substance Awareness at the University of Miami | Rock Bottom with RyanIn this episode of Rock Bottom with Ryan, Ryan interviews Luke, who shares his journey from early substance experimentation in high school—including fake Xanax “school buses,” ketamine, and alcohol—through escalating addiction fueled by anxiety, depression, and ADHD. Luke recounts wilderness therapy at 13, struggles at private school, opioid misuse after a hernia surgery, and repeated detox attempts before college. At the University of Miami, he hit multiple rock bottoms, including passing out from polysubstance use and a major intervention that led him to enter Banyan rehab in Stuart, Florida on October 1, 2022, followed by a longer, structured program in Utah and sober living in Louisville, Colorado. He discusses addressing a childhood skull fracture, rebuilding relationships, returning to Miami with support and testing, founding the Substance Awareness club, hosting Darren Waller as a speaker, raising $5,000 for treatment access, and working for non-alcoholic beverage company Verse while maintaining sobriety one day at a time.00:00 Fake Xanax Spiral01:07 Finding Purpose After Rehab01:28 Show Intro Sponsor02:29 Meet Luke Basics04:24 Early Life Anxiety05:36 Wilderness And Boarding07:42 ADHD And Perfectionism10:58 Chasing Adrenaline12:56 Hydrocodone Hook16:45 College Rock Bottoms20:53 Intervention To Rehab24:09 Utah Recovery Work28:53 Childhood Head Injury31:39 Family Ring of Fire33:36 Aftercare and Sober Living37:28 Returning to Miami Sober39:44 Building Substance Awareness42:06 Big Events and Fundraising44:56 Career Shift to Verse51:09 Tools for Staying Sober55:26 Advice and Rock Bottom58:07 One Day at a Time59:46 Final Thanks and Wrap

2. 

   2 Nov 2026

   Hot Girls' Healing Guide - Hayley Allens

   From Rock Bottom to Healing Out Loud: Hayley on Sobriety, Self-Worth & The Hot Girl’s Healing GuideIn this episode of Rock Bottom with Ryan, Hayley from England shares her sobriety date (December 8, 2019) and her history with alcohol, partying, and mixing drinking with opioids, describing escalating consequences including blackouts, public incidents, and a breaking point after driving hungover to an appointment. She discusses how relationship pain, low self-esteem, trauma, and a sex addiction fueled her coping behaviors, and how early sobriety during the COVID pandemic included a breakup, homelessness, therapy, relapses, suicidal feelings, and a turning-point prayer that led to improvement. Hayley explains “healing loudly,” changing her circle, building self-love, recognizing trauma bonding, and taking accountability. She also talks about writing her Amazon Top 30 self-help book The Hot Girl’s Healing Guide, its memoir/self-help structure, including a rape story, and her plans for a fiction thriller/horror follow-up.00:00 Feeling Seen and Heard00:35 Rock Bottom Moment01:56 Podcast Intro and Sponsor02:56 Meet Hayley and Sober Date04:08 Growing Up in the UK06:34 Party Culture Takes Over09:04 Depression and Anxiety Cycle10:37 Mixing Alcohol and Pills13:49 Birthday Hangover Wake Up Call15:12 Cold Turkey and Losing Friends16:56 Early Sobriety During COVID18:41 Therapy and Hidden Addictions21:33 Spiritual Turning Point22:44 Sober For Good23:40 Stop Seeking Validation25:07 Healing Out Loud25:57 Chemistry Vs Trauma Bonds27:37 Why We Return To Pain28:36 Writing The Healing Guide29:56 Most Vulnerable Pages31:42 What Readers Should Feel32:22 Memoir Manual Love Letter33:06 Amazon Top 30 Moment34:05 Next Book New Genre34:43 Writing As Recovery35:48 Grateful For The Real Me37:23 Healing Is Not Linear38:27 Accountability And Owning It40:10 Message To Broken Women41:18 Invest In Yourself42:06 Where To Find The Book42:57 Final Thanks And Sign Off

3. 

   29 Oct 2026

   Rebel With A Cause - Keri

   From Trauma and Oxy Addiction to Faith-Fueled Recovery | Keri’s Story (Rock Bottom with Ryan)In this episode of Rock Bottom with Ryan, guest Keri from San Diego shares her sobriety date (February 24, 2024) and history with alcohol (especially tequila), marijuana, pills, cocaine, and OxyContin. She describes early trauma, including her father leaving, childhood sexual abuse, later sexual assaults, and how substance use began in middle school while she excelled as a dancer and scholarship soccer player. Despite academic and career success, her addiction escalated, including daily OxyContin use for eight months and severe withdrawals. Her rock bottom came amid divorce, her mother’s death, serious health issues, and a mental health crisis leading to hospitalization and dual-diagnosis treatment. Keri credits working a recovery program, sponsorship, meetings, and faith in God with saving her life, rebuilding stability, and reclaiming herself and her purpose to help others as a therapist.00:00 From Soccer to Pills01:08 Recovery Teaser and Show Intro02:01 Sponsor Message02:34 Meet Carrie and Sober Date03:44 Childhood Wounds and Family05:38 Trauma and Early Substance Use07:53 High School Parties and Scholarship11:49 Florida Friends and New Drugs16:08 Oxycontin Hook and Escalation19:18 Rock Bottom Mental Health Crisis22:32 Treatment And Program24:12 Faith Saves My Life27:31 Surrender And Miracles30:23 Truth Telling Identity32:57 Codependency And Peace36:57 Advice For Getting Sober43:00 Quotes And Future Plans46:22 Find Me And Final Words

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.3 / 5

9 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

39 ratings

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