My BRUTAL Addiction to Heroin Cost Me My Right Arm

Mike Debany was a fast-talking sales guy living what looked like the good life in South Florida — a fiancée, a baby on the way, money in the bank. Underneath it he was already an addict, having found his way from marijuana to the pill mills of South Florida, where a doctor in a parking lot would hand out 180 Xanax and 90 Roxys to anyone who waited long enough. Then on October 18, 2010, everything changed. Driving a Jeep overloaded with cinder blocks over a bridge under construction, he rolled the vehicle. The cinder blocks came through the windshield. He was airlifted to the hospital, spent roughly 18 hours in surgery, and didn't wake up for nearly six weeks. When he came to, one of his vocal cords was crushed, his legs had atrophied, and his right arm no longer worked — an arm he would have to amputate a year later. But as Mike tells it, the accident isn't the story. He woke up already on morphine, Dilaudid and Ativan — and what followed was years of full-blown opiate addiction, a vicious slide into heroin once the pill supply dried up, and the loss of his fiancée, his daughter, and nearly everything else. Now 7 years sober, Mike has rebuilt his relationship with his now 15-year-old daughter, bought a home, built a business, and lives a life centered on service — going to a meeting every day, sponsoring others, and carrying the message into detoxes and hospitals. This one is about how recovery is possible even when the odds are completely stacked against you. If you or someone you love is struggling with addiction or mental health, you don’t have to do it alone. Reach out to my partners at Compassion Behavioral Health. They offer individualized care and a full continuum of treatment. Call or Text: 844-443-5669 Visit: https://compassionbehavioralhealth.co... CBH Youtube channel: ‪@cbhrehab‬ #RiseAbove #OpioidRecovery #HeroinRecovery #7YearsSober #RecoveryIsPossible #AddictionRecovery #SoberLife #Amputee #PillMill #MensRecovery #SobrietyJourney #MentalHealth #FatherhoodInRecovery #RiseAbovePodcast #KevinLanning #MikeDebany #ServiceWork #AgainstAllOdds #SoberDad #OneMoreThing 00:00 The accident — cinder blocks through the windshield 00:15 7 years sober & why there was no other option 01:01 Losing his right arm in active addiction 02:09 Growing up in Westchester, New York 04:08 Parents splitting up & two stable households 05:16 High school, freedom & drinking differently than his peers 06:59 How marijuana progressed for an addict 09:17 College, doing nothing & moving to Florida 12:24 A perfect life on the island — and the darkness creeping in 14:04 The pill mill parking lots of South Florida 15:11 180 Xanax, 90 Roxys & the first opiate high 16:19 How one opiate made him give everything away 17:23 Two and a half years staying on just weed 19:32 Getting into sales & the ego coming alive 20:17 Getting engaged, the pregnancy & the day of the accident 22:50 The jaws of life & being airlifted out 23:35 Waking up from a 6-week coma 25:45 Leaving the hospital a mess & his daughter being born 27:23 Pain management & full-blown addict behaviors 30:15 The decision to amputate his arm 32:23 Never mentally dealing with the amputation for a decade 34:25 Losing his fiancée & daughter, the slide into heroin 57:34 Reuniting with his daughter & the yellow sundress 58:28 Consistency, buying a house & what recovery built 01:01:44 What his program looks like today & service work 👉Instagram:   / riseabovewithkevin   👉 TikTok:   / rawithk   👉 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/riseabovewithk ✅ For Business Inquiries: [email protected] ================================ For Collaboration and Business inquiries, please use the contact information below: 📩 Email: [email protected] 🔔 Hit that subscribe button for more exclusive, insightful, and inspiring videos: https://www.youtube.com/@Riseabovepod... ================================= #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #corecore #motivation #addictionrecovery #inspiration #selflove #selfhelp #loveyourself Disclaimer: We do not accept any liability for any loss or damage incurred by you acting or not acting as a result of watching any of our publications. You acknowledge that you use the information we provide at your own risk. Do your research. Copyright Notice: This video and our YouTube channel contain dialogue, music, and images that are the property of Rise Above with Kevin Lanning. You are authorized to share the video link and channel and embed this video in your website or others as long as a link back to our YouTube channel is provided. © Rise Above with Kevin Lanning