Crack at 9, Juvie at 16, Built a $100M Recovery Empire | Adam Roth on REAL Mentors Podcast Ep 98

Adam Roth was smoking weed stolen from his mother at nine years old. His father taught him how to smoke crack. Anger was the only emotion he knew because at twelve years old he made the decision to stop feeling anything else. From sixteen to twenty he cycled in and out of institutions. Every single day he did not know if he was going to live or die.He got clean at 26 and never looked back. Today he is the Chief Executive Officer of We Love Walk, overseeing six addiction treatment centers across five states generating ninety to a hundred million dollars in revenue. He did not inherit that position. He built it from the ground up starting as an employee, bringing his expertise and his lived experience and growing into ownership over thirteen years alongside his partner Ryan who he met in juvenile detention when they were both sixteen years old.In this episode Adam and Sean get into what the disease of addiction actually is, why drugs are just a symptom and not the real problem and what separates the people who stay sober from the ones who keep relapsing. Adam also breaks down the KPI driven system that allows his company to outspend the competition while spending significantly less and what it actually means to master your internal world before everything else falls into place.If you are serious about recovery, entrepreneurship, mental toughness or building a data driven business from nothing this episode is required watching.This Episode Explores:✅ Smoking weed stolen from his mother at nine and being taught to smoke crack by his father✅ Anger as the only emotion he knew from age twelve until he sat in front of a therapist at thirty✅ Cycling through institutions from sixteen to twenty and not knowing if he would survive each day✅ Getting clean at 26 and building an entirely different life from scratch✅ Meeting his business partner Ryan in juvenile detention at sixteen and riding together ever since✅ Growing from employee to CEO of a six center addiction treatment company over thirteen years✅ Why the disease of addiction has nothing to do with drugs and everything to do with thought process and decision making✅ What separates people who stay sober from those who keep relapsing✅ Why vulnerability is not weakness but the actual definition of being a man✅ The KPI system that lets his company outperform competitors who spend three times as much✅ Going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm and why that is the only real business strategy🔗 Connect with Adam RothInstagram: [handle]We Love Walk: [link]Follow REAL Mentors PodcastInstagram: https://instagram.com/realmentorspodcastHost Sean Martin: https://instagram.com/theseanmartin