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In danger now? Call or text 988, or SAMHSA at 1-800-662-4357, any hour.

about marrow

Built for the
season you're in.

Marrow is a quiet daily companion for the long work of recovery: a careful tool for one of the parts of life that is hardest to be in, grounded in real practice and built to release you rather than hold you.

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Presence over performance

We measure showing up, not streaks. The goal is to be with you in the moment, not to gamify your healing.

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Healing is never gated

The core of Marrow is free, and it stays free. The moment you need help should never be the moment you are asked to pay.

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Built to release you

Success is you needing us less over time. We are designed to hand you back to your life, not to hold your attention.

why marrow holds up

Not another self-help app.
A serious tool, built seriously.

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Built to a high bar

Maintained and designed seriously, not a side project
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Marrow is built with a sustainable model behind it, so it is maintained and held to a consistent standard rather than a one-off that quietly disappears. It is designed with care, documented, and made to stay reliable on the days you most need it to be.
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Grounded in real practice

Every tool maps to an established method
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The craving tool draws on urge surfing and relapse prevention. The companion draws on the spirit of motivational interviewing. The honest record is shaped by what we know about shame and returns. We keep a clear map of where each piece comes from, and we are open that Marrow complements care rather than claiming to be it.
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Safety-first architecture

The safe path never depends on luck
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A crisis check runs the instant you type, in your browser, before any network request. Real human lines, 988 and the SAMHSA helpline, sit one tap away on every screen. The companion is fenced by hard limits and hands you to a person the moment things turn dangerous. Safety is built in layers so it cannot fail quietly.
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Built to release, not retain

Our incentives point the right way
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Marrow does not run on engagement, ads, or selling your data. The healing core is free and private, and the design does not depend on keeping you hooked. A recovery tool whose business needs you to stay sick is a conflict of interest. Ours does not.
who is behind it
BM

Brian Martori

Founder

Brian spent more than a decade across brand and agency work, including roles at Amazon, VMLY&R, and Tombras, learning how to build things people actually trust. Marrow turns that toward something more personal: a tool for the hard seasons, made with care and built from lived experience rather than a market gap.

"I wanted to build the thing I needed on the worst days. Quiet, honest, and never trying to keep me."

Marrow is young, and it is being built with clinical rigor as a priority. We document how it is grounded and how it keeps people safe, and we welcome clinicians who want to help make it better.

how we keep you safe

Care you can check.

Crisis detection, local first

Signals of danger are caught and answered instantly, before any server is involved.

Real human lines, always

988 and the SAMHSA helpline are one tap from every screen, free and confidential, 24/7.

A companion with limits

No diagnosis, no medical advice, no pretending to be a person. It hands off when it should.

Private by design

No account needed, conversations are session-only, and your data is not sold or used to train models.

Want to help, or just talk?

Clinicians, partners, and people in recovery: we would like to hear from you.

hello@martori.studio