This Is What Keeps Me Going After All These Years

Sit Down with Michael Franzese · May 29, 2025 · 1h 11m

This one’s personal.

For years, I’ve been telling my story — how I walked away from the life, lost everything, and rebuilt myself from the ground up. But this video isn’t about me. It’s about the people out there doing the same thing — quietly, powerfully, against all odds.

A few months back, I asked my community to send in stories of transformation. People who had turned their lives around. Overcome pain. Reinvented themselves when the world said they were finished. And what I got back… was overwhelming.

We were supposed to pick one. We chose four.

These are real stories. Survivors of…