Rising Above

A simple car accident changed the path of six-year-old Sean Rogers''s life forever.His single mother checked into the hospital as a vibrant young woman and checked outas a full-blown opioid addict. From that day forward, Sean''s life became a silentnightmare of abuse, neglect, chronic hunger, and slow, helpless withdrawal fromeverything and everyone he loved. In Rising Above, Green Beret Sean Rogerschronicles the toughest battle of his life: the long, painful fight to confront hisdarkest fears and reclaim his life. After struggling as a young man to accept theraw trauma of his past, he eventually learned to understand and embrace it,ultimately using it to become an elite Special Forces operator. Through thisprofoundly honest and inspiring memoir, Rogers explores what it means to make thepain of your past work for you, showing you how to harness the truth of your ownreality and take control of your destiny.