Scott Strode

Extracted Attributes

• Role

  Social Entrepreneur

• Honors

  CNN Hero

• Education

  North Bennet Street School (Cabinet and Furniture Making)

• Residence

  Boston, Massachusetts, US

• Birthplace

  Pennsylvania, US

• Fellowship

  Ashoka Fellow

• Sobriety Date

  1997-04-08

Timeline

• Scott Strode began studying Cabinet and Furniture Making at the North Bennet Street School. (Source: LinkedIn)

  1996-01-01

• Scott Strode made the life-changing decision to get sober, utilizing an active lifestyle including boxing and ice climbing. (Source: ScottStrode.com)

  1997-04-08

• Strode launched The Phoenix in Colorado as a sober active community to provide healing through fitness. (Source: ScottStrode.com)

  2006-01-01

• Release of Scott Strode's memoir, 'Rise. Recover. Thrive.', detailing his journey and the mission of The Phoenix. (Source: ScottStrode.com)

  2025-01-01

CNN Heroes

CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute is a television special created by CNN to honor individuals who make extraordinary contributions to humanitarian aid and make a difference in their communities. The program was started in 2007. Since 2016, the program was hosted by Anderson Cooper and Kelly Ripa. Honorees are introduced during the fall of each year and the audience is encouraged to vote online for the CNN Hero of the Year. Ten recipients are honored and each receive US$10,000. The top recipient is chosen as the CNN Hero of the Year and receives an additional US$100,000 to continue their work. During the broadcast celebrating their achievements, the honorees are introduced by celebrities who actively support their charity work. To celebrate the 10th anniversary, the 2016 edition had an additional segment where five previous Hero of the Year winners were chosen as candidates for the Superhero of the Year award, which was decided with an online poll.

Web Search Results

• Scott Strode - Social entrepreneur and sober athlete. CNN Hero. Founder of The Phoenix. Co-Founder of NewForm. Author of Rise. Recover. Thrive. - Available now!

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• How Scott Strode went from addiction to changing half a million lives

  “Everybody is healing from something or has some anxiety or fear about being deserving and worthy of love and connection with others,” he said. “It’s bigger than just substances. People can use work, money, appearance, or social status to try and fill that void.” Strode co-founded The Phoenix to create a space for others to experience the connection and healing that gave him his life back. The Phoenix is a national sober active community with only one requirement: You must be 48 hours sober to participate. Phoenix members proudly wear the word “sober” across their chests. They’re reshaping the conversation around addiction and sobriety. [...] “Imagine you’re growing up experiencing childhood trauma,” said Strode. “Maybe you live in an unsafe community, and so you’re experiencing fear and trauma from that space. And then, because it’s often generational, you’ve lost one parent to substance use and the other to incarceration or mental health struggles. You feel pretty alone in the world.” “If we don’t interrupt the generational transmission of that pain, it’s really likely that your kids are going to come up in the same way. Even my stepfather and father — they have their own stories that led them to their path.” What Strode needed, and eventually found, were people who recognized his inherent worth. They didn’t see an addict. They saw a person. [...] ## Main navigation ## What problem can we help you solve? # How this founder went from addiction to changing half a million lives # How this founder went from addiction to changing half a million lives How this founder went from addiction to changing half a million lives What if, instead of seeing addiction, we saw people grappling with unseen trauma and shame? Scott Strode built an active sober community in recovery. As a child, Scott Strode blamed himself for, well, everything. Growing up in an emotionally turbulent home, he believed he deserved the negativity and abuse he experienced.

• Scott Strode | Ashoka

  With the scaling of The Phoenix model well under way, Scott’s personal mission is to address the root cause of addiction by referring to ACEs. He has a dream of someday having a system that works in collaboration with probation, the criminal justice system, formal treatment, education and early childhood programs where everyone implements a trauma healing model to help interrupt the generational transmission of pain, thereby reducing the need for “numbing the pain” through SUD. The Phoenix network today is merely “the rails that will carry that load.” [...] In addition to scaling the culture of healing, Scott is increasingly focused on the challenges of the “wounded healer”. Scott believes that if we’re going to be leaders in the peer to peer models, we have to be leaders in how peers also receive support. Scott is working to lay the foundation of how staff and volunteers who engage in this emotionally difficult work of being a peer mentor are supported. [...] Scott has been in long term recovery from substance use disorder for 22 years. He had his first beer at the age of 11 and did cocaine for the first time when he was 15, shortly after getting out of a mental health facility for having suicidal thoughts. At the time, he thought he was broken beyond repair. He only understood years later that his substance use disorder was a way to numb the pain he experienced due to trauma from his childhood.

• Scott Strode - Redefining Recovery and Changing Lives

  WATCH How Scott learned to overcome addiction through physical activity and community Follow Scott MEMOIR WITH A MISSION This January, Scott will take the next step in his path to help others thrive in sobriety with the release of his new “memoir with a mission”, RISE. RECOVER. THRIVE. How I Got Strong, Got Sober, and Built a Movement of Hope. Rise. Recover. Thrive.: How I Got Strong, Got Sober, and Built a Movement of Hope Available NOW ORDER THE BOOK ##### Million Americans that are grappling with substance use disorder Scott’s book arrives as over 48 million Americans are grappling with substance use disorders and even more have been impacted by the issue. The need to change our approach to addiction and recovery has never been clearer. RECOVERY IN ACTION The Phoenix [...] Scott Strode # REDEFINING RECOVERY AND CHANGING LIVES READ SCOTT’S STORY Rise. Recover. Thrive.: How I Got Strong, Got Sober, and Built a Movement of Hope Available NOW THE KELLY CLARKSON SHOW THE KELLY CLARKSON SHOW WATCH SCOTT STRODE ON THE KELLY CLARKSON SHOW Sober Active Community Helps Thousands Overcome Addiction As Featured In CNN tedX The-Denver-Post So much more than that. Hi, I’m Scott, and I’m an addict and an alcoholic. in recovery ### Addiction doesn’t define a person; it’s only part of their story. As the founder of The Phoenix, Scott Strode is leading a movement that replaces shame with strength and isolation with community. His approach to recovery shows that there are no limits to what we can achieve when we come together and focus on who we can become. [...] Gain access to Scott’s prologue and first chapter of Rise. Recover. Thrive. for an inspiring look at overcoming addiction and building a stronger, purpose-driven life. Privacy Policy © 2026 Scott Strode. All rights reserved. Built by TMD Rise. Recover. Thrive.: How I Got Strong, Got Sober, and Built a Movement of Hope Available NOW ORDER THE BOOK Available where books are sold

• My Story - Scott Strode

  Gain access to Scott’s prologue and first chapter of Rise. Recover. Thrive. for an inspiring look at overcoming addiction and building a stronger, purpose-driven life. Privacy Policy © 2026 Scott Strode. All rights reserved. Built by TMD Rise. Recover. Thrive.: How I Got Strong, Got Sober, and Built a Movement of Hope Available NOW ORDER THE BOOK Available where books are sold [...] Scott Strode # HOW CAN WE MAKE RECOVERY SUSTAINABLE FOR EVERYONE? ## SCOTT IS THE FOUNDER OF THE PHOENIX, A NATIONAL SOBER ACTIVE COMMUNITY ON TRACK TO HELP A MILLION PEOPLE IN THEIR RECOVERY JOURNEYS BY THE END OF 2025. Scott Strode and his wife Scott Strode and his family Scott Strode Born and raised in Pennsylvania by a father who suffered from untreated mental illness, and an emotionally distant, workaholic mother, Scott turned to alcohol and cocaine as an escape from his tumultuous childhood. On April 8, 1997, Scott made the life-changing decision to get sober. His initial motivation came from adopting an active lifestyle, which included boxing, biking, and ice climbing. [...] The catalyst for his long-term sobriety was the support he gave to–and got from–others in recovery. After experiencing the transformative power of a healthy and connected lifestyle, Scott launched The Phoenix in Colorado in 2006. The Phoenix offers healing and hope through fitness classes and social events. “We believe in each other even before we believe in ourselves,” says Scott. His new “memoir with a mission,” RISE. RECOVER. THRIVE. How I Got Strong, Got Sober, and Built a Movement of Hope, will be available in January 2025. Scott lives in Boston with his wife and two children. ##### Through his journey, Scott learned many important life lessons. He calls the three practices that helped him on his journey the Three To Thrive. ###### Rise: Get on the right side of 5 a.m.