Marot’s Impact Story
Before coming to Ashley, Marot’s life felt unmanageable. As a prosecutor, mother to a newborn and a 5-year-old, and someone quietly battling alcoholism, she was trying to hold together a life that was becoming increasingly chaotic. When her family organized an intervention and arranged for her to enter treatment, she was overwhelmed—but she also knew something had to change.
Walking onto Ashley’s campus six months postpartum, exhausted and unsure, she found something she hadn’t expected: relief. “I was really upset when I got there—but the kindness I felt from every single person made all the difference,” she said. From counselors to clinical staff to the trainer in the gym who gently encouraged her without judgment, Ashley quickly became a place where she felt supported, safe, and seen.
Yoga, something she hadn’t practiced before, became one of her first lifelines. She describes those early classes as peaceful, grounding moments in a time when she was beginning to rebuild physically, emotionally, and mentally. Movement helped her reconnect with herself: “As I was getting physically stronger, I was also getting mentally stronger. My confidence came back.”
What surprised her most were the small, everyday interactions—friendly conversations in Bantle, someone sorting mail who simply believed in her, peers who made her laugh, and staff who never treated her recovery as a moral failing. “It was the first place where I really wrapped my head around the fact that this is a disease. I could stop beating myself up and start focusing on getting better.”
After leaving Ashley, the alumni community quickly became a cornerstone of her recovery. She returned to campus for alumni days, joined the online meetings when they began in 2020, and for four and a half years, she hosted the Sunday meeting every other week. She found connection and community wherever she went—AA, yoga studios, alumni events—and began to feel proud of her sobriety. “Being an active alcoholic is embarrassing. Being in recovery is something to be proud of.”
Today, Marot shares her story widely—within the legal community and beyond—to help reduce stigma and encourage others to seek help. She has spoken at statewide prosecutor conferences, professional groups, and other forums, offering an honest perspective on what treatment looked like behind the scenes and how transformative it was for her life. People reach out to her now because they know she’s a safe, understanding voice.
To her, Ashley feels like coming home. “It’s a very safe place—welcoming, completely nonjudgmental. Every person there just genuinely wants to help people get their lives back.” She continues to give back as a speaker, mentor, and donor, driven by deep gratitude. “I owe Ashley a debt I can never repay. I just hope that what I do can help someone else receive lifesaving treatment—give someone their life back, their parent back, their sister or daughter back.”
Today, Marot is grounded, confident, and living a life she once couldn’t imagine—one built on clarity, connection, movement, and meaningful service to others. And she credits Ashley with helping her become herself again.
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