Marsha Stone grew up in Southern Georgia to a family that struggled with generational alcoholism. She eventually married her best drinking buddy and quickly had three kids, then just as quickly she was alone. The responsibility of raising them fell squarely on her shoulders and the fear of how she would care for them left her with many sleepless nights. 

She decided she wanted to go to law school and believed her three young kids and their situation seemed to guarantee that she would have a chance to get her school paid for. And sure enough, it did.

In law school, her alcoholism took off, but she told herself it was all reasonable. Anyone in her difficult situation would do the same thing. The alcohol started to cause her to slip near the end of her education, but she was able to keep it together just long enough to graduate. Then came a law career speckled with heavy drinking and even saw her sneaking cocaine into the courtroom before finally getting sober in 2008. 

Since then Marsha has found success in addiction recovery as one of the few female CEOs in the industry. In 2023 she founded Foundation Stone, a network of boutique, focused programs for individuals and their families struggling with mental health, substance use disorder and co-occurring disorders across the U.S. 

Their first featured treatment center, Amend opened in Austin, Texas in spring 2023.

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