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Rise Above with Kevin Lanning

Rise Above with Kevin Lanning

Hiding Vodka & Shaking Every Day | I Needed A Drink So Bad I Walked Into A Murder Scene

Oct 22, 2026 · 1h 18m

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Holly Hiles has six years of sobriety and a story that’s almost hard to believe. Growing up she bounced through twelve schools, leaned on her twin brother, and lost her footing at fourteen when she got pulled off her cheer squad and fell in with a rougher crowd. What followed was a lifetime shadowed by loss — her grandmother, her father, her first love, and eventually her twin brother, a death she spent nineteen years calling a “motorcycle accident” until recovery helped her see it for what it really was. As her drinking progressed, Holly built a successful healthcare-marketing career and an ego to match, hiding vodka before work and drinking alone until the shakes set in. She shares the…