Inside the Realities of Addiction Treatment with Yianni Tsatas

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we sit down with Yianni Tsatas, founder of Raw In Recovery, a recovery coaching, intervention, and sober companion service dedicated to helping individuals break free from addiction with honesty, structure, and accountability. Yianni shares his powerful transformation—from his own 90-day stay in treatment, to working in a flawed rehab system, to discovering that many facilities prioritize full beds over real healing. Witnessing this first-hand pushed him to pursue formal education in addiction counseling and multiple certifications, ultimately leading him to build Raw In Recovery as a service rooted in integrity, ethics, and true long-term change.Yianni walks listeners through the three pillars of his work: intensive recovery coaching, family-led interventions using the Johnson Method, and 24/7 live-in sober companionship to help clients reintegrate into the real world after treatment. He explains how he acquires clients through social platforms, networking, and referrals, and how he’s growing the business through travel, relationship-building, and expansion into markets like the U.S., London, and Dubai. With honesty and humility, Yianni shares the mindset behind successful recovery, the importance of taking action in business, and his core mission—to help people reclaim their lives, one step at a time.