I Lost My Job, My Wife & My Son To Alcohol & Oxycodone

Rise Above with Kevin Lanning · Jun 22, 2026 · 1h 6m

From the outside Nick Johnsson had it all. Born in Sweden, educated in Australia, and based in Southeast Asia, he spent a decade climbing the corporate ladder until he was the general manager of 72 hospitals and clinics across Indonesia — one of the biggest roles of its kind in the world.

And he was quietly falling apart behind the closed door of his corner office.

Every promotion made him lonelier. He was drinking to control himself, working punishing hours, and slowly losing the discipline that had defined his life. When the pressure became too much he resigned, couldn't talk to his wife…