"When I Drank, I Couldn't Stop" | Binge Drinking, Blackouts & How I Finally Got Sober

Rise Above with Kevin Lanning · Aug 3, 2026 · 1h 3m

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, she describes crawling out of her skin, hating who she was, and feeling like an empty shell every Monday after another blacked-out weekend.

Allie was never a daily drinker. She was a high-functioning binge drinker — the kind who could go weeks without a drink, then take one at a party and not stop until 6am. For years that let her tell herself she didn't really have a problem, especially when…