In Episode 11 of The Shane Vitko Podcast, Shane sits down with his best friend George Wozniak, now CEO of Ryan Aviation Group. The two got sober together in Los Angeles, and this one is a full-circle conversation about what it really takes to rebuild a life after addiction.

George takes us back to Minnesota, growing up around recovery, family interventions, and the early warning signs he didn’t understand yet. He opens up about the first times he drank and got high, the chase for “more,” and how pills and opioid addiction took over after surgeries. Then comes the moment you won’t forget: George tells the story of using his black lab’s pee to try to pass a drug test, and how that insanity became the turning point that finally got him to say, “I need help.”

From treatment to West Side LA recovery, Shane and George break down why that community worked, why “men of action” mattered, and how real change happens when you stop talking and start doing. They get into time, trust, rebuilding a marriage, showing up as a father, and how George went from early sobriety fear to leading a company without lying to himself about what “balance” really means.

If you’re listening and you feel too far gone, this episode is for you. There’s a way out, but it’s earned, not announced.

In this episode, I sit down with Sabrena Morgan for a conversation that doesn’t flinch from the reality of addiction, eating disorders, incarceration, and survival. Sabrena shares what it was like living a double life long before drugs entered the picture, how control, body image, and trauma shaped her choices, and what it meant to finally lose everything in a very public way.

This isn’t a story about redemption as a highlight reel. It’s about what happens after the consequences hit and the cameras are gone. We talk about prison, identity, and the strange disorientation of reentry, where freedom doesn’t feel free and the people who love you no longer speak your language. Sabrena explains the loneliness of coming home and why leaving prison can feel like losing your last sense of belonging.

This conversation goes deep into accountability without shame, survival without glamor, and recovery that doesn’t fit into a neat box. Sabrena reflects on being shot and living, wanting to die and staying alive anyway, and how rebuilding a life sometimes starts with accepting that you’re still here for reasons you don’t yet understand. We don’t sanitize addiction or romanticize suffering. We talk about the long road of rebuilding trust, learning how to live in your body again, and deciding who you are after the worst chapter becomes public record.

This episode is about identity, consequence, resilience, and what it really means to come home to yourself when there’s no applause waiting.

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In this episode, I sit down with Joanna Miranda, a single mom of five and a health and fitness coach, for a conversation that doesn’t look away from the damage addiction leaves behind. Joanna shares what it was like to love a man who was struggling, navigate military life, and carry the weight of decisions no spouse ever wants to make. This isn’t a story about fixing someone. It’s about what happens when love alone isn’t enough. We talk about boundaries, self-respect, and the difference between supporting someone and losing yourself in the process. Joanna speaks honestly about the grief that comes before death, the kind that shows up while the person you love is still breathing. She also shares how addiction doesn’t just affect the individual, but quietly reshapes the entire family, especially the kids. This conversation goes deep into detaching from outcomes, telling the truth even when it hurts, and choosing yourself without guilt. Joanna reflects on what suffering taught her, how her children became her teachers in resilience, and why facing uncomfortable truths was the only way forward. We don’t romanticize recovery or loss here. We talk about the real cost of staying, the real cost of leaving, and what it means to find your way back to yourself after everything falls apart. This episode is about love, loss, accountability, and learning how to come home to yourself when someone you love never makes it home.

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