I Was Found In A Coma On The Side Of The Road...No Pulse, No Heartbeat

Rise Above with Kevin Lanning · Oct 29, 2026 · 58m

Carrie has 26 and a half years of sobriety — and a story that shows just how far this disease can take someone, even after years clean. Adopted at birth and carrying a deep fear of abandonment, she took her first drink at ten and felt instantly invincible. By 17 she was a daily drinker, and her father loved her enough to sell his own life insurance policy to get her into rehab. She got sober at 24, built a life, got married — and then, after eight and a half years, drifted from her program and relapsed.

What followed nearly killed her. She’s honest about all of it: drinking through an abusive…