From Heroin to Hope | Rock Bottom into a Tech Revolution

Ashly Stone shares her remarkable journey from heroin addiction to becoming co-founder and Chief Growth Officer of Encyrcle, a tech company revolutionizing how treatment centers support recovery through AI-powered text communications. Her transformation from living in drug houses to leading a mission-driven company demonstrates how personal struggles can become powerful catalysts for creating solutions that help others.

• From addiction to entrepreneurship: Ashly's 8-year battle with heroin addiction included 15+ treatment centers before finding recovery in 2013
• Faith as a foundation: Reconnecting with her church community provided crucial support for Ashly's  recovery journey
• Meeting her husband in recovery: Both now serve as missionaries in the LDS addiction recovery program after meeting there years ago
• The turning point: "When the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of change, that's when you'll change"
• Birth of Encyrcle: Recognizing ineffective manual follow-up methods in treatment centers from her own experience

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Find Encyrcle here:
https://www.encyrcle.com/

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https://kiln.com/

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[00:00:00] Intro and welcome
[00:04:40] From Addiction to Redemption
[00:09:10] Finding Sobriety Through Faith
[00:13:38] When Pain Prompts Change
[00:17:48] Birth of InCircle: Solving a Problem
[00:22:37] Building a Team With Purpose
[00:27:37] Growth Through Challenges and Vision