Atlanta comedians 'Stand Up' for addiction and mental health recovery awareness

Richie Satori is the founder and host of Stand Up 4 Recovery, a mobile comedy club designated for Georgia's recovery community. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

During his early years of performing comedy in the early 2010s, comedian, actor and writer Richie Satori would often experience sorrow offstage more so than laughter.

After battling addiction to drugs on and off since his 20s, Satori — now in his early 40s — was not certain how he would overcome his struggles, but he knew that humor would make the process possible.

“There was only one way that I used and that was kind of hard, from the moment I got out of bed to two to three days later when I crashed,” said Satori.