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Former Addict: How To Rebuild Your Life After Everyone Writes You Off | Dane Spealman

October 1, 2026·59 min
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Dane Spealman is a business owner, father, and recovering addict with more than 23 years clean. After nearly losing his life to addiction in his early 20s, he rebuilt himself through accountability, community, discipline, and relentless consistency. He later built successful careers in the automotive and insurance industries and now shares lessons on recovery, resilience, business, and personal growth. Today on the show we discuss: Dane’s descent into addiction, the conversation that saved his life, how he stayed clean for 23 years, rebuilding after everyone wrote him off, why discipline and accountability changed everything, what recovery taught him about success and fatherhood and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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