Overcome Addiction & Live Your Life
Helping people overcome addiction, break the relapse cycle, and find their purpose to live out their dreams. I do this work through my YouTube Show, 1:1 coaching, and my book.
NEW Wrestling With Addiction Episodes:
About The Podcast Show
The Wrestling with Addiction Show
The Wrestling with Addiction Show cuts through the noise and gets straight to what actually helps people rebuild their lives. Each episode brings real conversations, practical tools, and proven strategies from John DeMann’s decades of coaching, psychology, and lived experience. This is a space for people who are ready to take back control, face the truth, and create a future they’re proud of.
If you want clarity, strength, and a path you can actually follow, you’re in the right place.
About The Book
Flying into the Abyss
Coming Fall of 2026
From the brutal world of professional wrestling to the precision and discipline of becoming an international airline pilot and health coach, John’s life has been defined by extremes. Flying Into the Abyss is his gripping memoir of navigating ambition, identity, addiction, and the hard consequences of chasing success without confronting what’s broken underneath.
Through life’s sharp disparities and personal collapse, John delivers an unfiltered account of overcoming addiction, facing inner demons, and rebuilding from the inside out. This is a story about pressure, resilience, and what it really takes to regain control when everything is on the line.
Readers walk away with more than inspiration. They leave with perspective, accountability, and proof that transformation is possible when honesty replaces denial and discipline replaces escape.
About The Author & Host
Wrestling with Addiction
Before any of this, my life was built around two demanding worlds: professional wrestling and aviation. With a degree in Aeronautical Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, flying wasn't just a passion — it was a profession that demanded precision, responsibility, and zero margin for error.
Both worlds required total focus, discipline, and performance under pressure. Wrestling tested my body. Flying tested my mind. From the outside, it looked like success. Inside, when structure faded, addiction took hold.
The real battle didn't happen in the ring or the cockpit. It happened in private.
Wrestling with addiction and identity forced me to confront my life honestly and rebuild it from the ground up — and eventually led me back to school. I earned a Bachelor of Arts from Minnesota State University and a Master's in Psychology from Walden University, driven by a need to understand not just my own recovery, but how to help others find theirs.
Today, as a certified addiction coach, I'm focused on helping others find their way out. Through my upcoming book, online coaching, and YouTube channel, I share the lessons and health-based practices that helped me reclaim my life — so others don't have to learn the hard way.
How We Can Work Together
1:1 Coaching | The HUMAX Method
This is my highest-touch and most impactful work.
Designed for people who are ready to move beyond the cycle of addiction and recovery meetings and rebuild a purpose-driven life with structure, clarity, and accountability.
Investment: $5,000 for 3 months / $8,500 for 6 months
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Private 1:1 coaching via Zoom
One 60-minute session per week
3-month or 6-month commitment
Fully personalized and structured plan
Accountability, discipline, and forward momentum
The Humax Method
A holistic framework focused on rebuilding the whole human:Physical health and strength
Brain health and cognitive performance
Mindfulness, breath, and nervous system regulation
Spiritual grounding and purpose
Outcomes clients experience:
Increased strength and energy
Improved sleep and focus
Stronger self-worth and identity
Healthier relationships and boundaries
Renewed creativity and discipline
Clear direction in work, finances, and life
Investment:
$5,000 for 3 months
$8,500 for 6 monthsThis is private, structured, and intentionally demanding. Commitment matters here.
Testimonials From Amazing Clients
Wrestling with Addiction Newsletter
A weekly newsletter for people rebuilding their lives after addiction and committed to staying grounded, disciplined, and healthy.
Each issue explores what supports long-term recovery beyond sobriety. Mental clarity, physical health, emotional regulation, structure, and purpose. No slogans. No recycled advice. Just honest insight and practical guidance shaped by lived experience.
This is for people who understand that a clear mind and strong health are the foundation for everything else.