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Podcast: The Limitless Podcast with Nick Jonsson
Episode: Episode 275: Gordon Lownds - Cracking Up: From Rising Star to Junkie Despair
Description: This is Episode #275 of The Limitless Podcast with Nick Jonsson, featuring Gordon Lownds, Canadian entrepreneur and author of Cracking Up.From the outside, Gordon’s life looked untouchable. He built iconic businesses, achieved extraordinary success, and embodied everything society associates with winning. Inside, his life collapsed in less than 1,000 days.In this raw and deeply honest conversation, Gordon shares how addiction entered his life after success — fuelled by confidence, invincibility, and the belief that nothing could knock him off his perch. What followed was a rapid descent into substance abuse, isolation, and despair, ending in a mo...