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Mike Supak

Mike Supak

Building engineer in Chicago; recovery advocate and podcast guest who shares his story of overcoming 20-year heroin addiction and achieving sobriety

Jun 1, 2026

Rise Above with Kevin Lanning

Rise Above with Kevin Lanning

Inside A Chicago Street Junkie's 20-Year Spiral | 3 DUIs, Heroin, Cook County Jail & Finding God

Jun 1 · 1h 24m

Kevin LanningHOST
15:15
Mm-hmm.
Mike Supak
Mike SupakGUEST
15:16
And it, it, it did.
Mike Supak
Mike SupakGUEST
15:17
It did.
Mike Supak
Mike SupakGUEST
15:18
It, as soon as I began drinking again, everything ramped up even higher than it did when I stopped, and that's a cycle that happened over and over and over again.
Mike Supak
Mike SupakGUEST
15:27
But it took me till, uh, around 2006.
Mike Supak
Mike SupakGUEST
15:30
Again, it was awful.
Mike Supak
Mike SupakGUEST
15:32
I had gone back out.

38 MINS LATER

Kevin LanningHOST
53:05
Tell the story.

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