Heroin Addict to 8-Figure CEO: The Comeback Nobody Expected
Dropping Bombs
Brad Lea
4.9 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2026
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
This episode was sponsored by Cardiff & McClellands Contracting and Roofing
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Today's Dropping Bombs episode delivers a gritty redemption story with Brock McClelland, the Western Pennsylvania founder who went from opiate addiction and a rehab bed to building an 8-figure roofing and contracting company in under five years.
Brock breaks down the covenant with God that pulled him out of the trenches, how he turned a family gutted by overdose and chaos into McClellands Contracting & Roofing, and why he sold off a piece of the company to lock in an 8-figure partnership deal. He also unpacks His Plan My Grind, his new platform for men who've lost their alignment and need a way back.
If you think your past disqualifies you from building something real, this conversation says otherwise — and proves it.
🔗 Connect with Brock
Instagram (personal): https://www.instagram.com/thebrockmcclelland
Instagram (business): https://www.instagram.com/mcclellandsroofing
Roofing Website: https://mcclellandsroofing.com
His Plan My Grind: https://hisplanmygrind.com
✅ Additional Resources
Driven by Douglas Brackmann (book mentioned in episode): https://a.co/d/0aXYb5pa
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| 0:00.0 | The life that I was born into was a life of chaos, struggle, addiction, generational curses. |
| 0:06.6 | Listen, I went from praying to die to praying for one more chance to get me out of this |
| 0:12.2 | self-made prison that I'm living in. That moment, that epiphany, that moment of clarity that I had, |
| 0:18.3 | I was able to harness all of that negativity into positive. And that's |
| 0:22.6 | when I started rebuilding and restructuring myself. To eight figures in under five years? |
| 0:27.6 | It is blowing up right now. I almost wanted to start one a couple times. It's like, |
| 0:31.9 | everybody needs them. How did you build an eight-figure business? |
| 0:44.7 | What it is, Brad Lee, back again with another episode of dropping bombs today in the studio, folks. |
| 0:48.5 | I got a real treat for you, Brock McClellan in the house. |
| 0:49.4 | What's going on, Brock? |
| 0:50.0 | How you doing? |
| 0:52.8 | Dude, if I was any better, I'd be twins. |
| 0:59.1 | You guys can follow this guy at the Brock McClelland, just like it sounds. |
| 1:00.6 | And McClellan's roofing. |
| 1:08.3 | You can also find him at McClellan'sroofing.com and his plan my grind, which is what your hat says. |
| 1:10.5 | Is that your new brand, his planned my grind? |
| 1:12.7 | Yes. I like that. Hisplan, |
| 1:19.6 | my grind.com. So you're here to talk about your, you know, A, it's an entrepreneurial podcast, |
| 1:23.7 | so we're going to talk about how you built an eight-figure roofing company. Yeah. General contracting company. But I'm more interested in finding out why are you giving all the credit to |
| 1:28.9 | Jesus, God, in your mind, you think God did it, right? He did. Good. So let's talk about that |
| 1:36.3 | because how come he doesn't do it for everybody? Not everybody's chosen. And it starts with a |
| 1:42.5 | decision that you have to make your level of faith in your belief system, ultimately. |
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