From Overdoses to 9 Figures | Ryan Zofay on REAL Mentors Podcast EP 82
About this episode
Ryan Zofay shares his journey from addiction and incarceration to building a successful 9-figure business and helping others overcome their pasts.
Ryan Zofay started using drugs at 11. By his late teens he was incarcerated, facing a potential life sentence. Most people don't come back from that but Ryan built a 9-figure business from it. The turning point wasn't a strategy. It was his mother, newly sober herself, walking into that detention center with the 12-step program and a decision to stop abandoning her son. That moment cracked open something that anger, hustle, and failed ventures in his 20s never could. Today Ryan is the founder of We Level Up, a national addiction treatment organization he built from the ground up starting in 2013. He's also a speaker, life and business coach, and author of An Unlikely Businessman: From Overdoses to Multimillionaire. His mission is simple: help people stop reliving the past by finally dealing with what created it. In this episode, Ryan and Sean get into what it actually takes to break generational cycles, why self-acceptance is the real foundation of success, and why surrounding yourself with the wrong people keeps you stuck longer than any addiction ever could. This Episode Explores: ✅ Drugs at 11, incarceration by his teens and the childhood trauma underneath it all ✅ A mother's…
People in this episode
Host: Sean Martin
Guest: Ryan Zofay
Topics covered
- addiction recovery
- personal transformation
- entrepreneurship
- generational cycles
- self-acceptance
- business success
Keywords
- addiction
- business
- self-improvement
- 12-step program
- generational trauma
- entrepreneur
- life coach
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: We Level Up
Books & works: An Unlikely Businessman: From Overdoses to Multimillionaire
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