Waking The Opiate Epidemic
Today Coach Blu and Athletic Director Marissa Robinson talk about The Netflix documentary, The Pharmacist. An amazing firsthand look at the beginning stages of the opiate epidemic, years before and through national attention. Listen as they discuss opiate addiction, the documentary, and the fall out as a result.
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Let's Talk About Stress
Today Coach Blu and Athletic Director, Marissa talk about stress and addiction. Stress is a normal part of life, and some individuals find they can manage it with practical, easy-to-implement means, like exercise, breathing, and meditation. Yet stress affects people differently, and some individuals may turn to unhealthy means to deal with stress as you guessed, people turn to substances, like alcohol and drugs, to escape from stress, and this abuse of substances can lead to addiction. Listen to gain more understanding and insight on how to cope in a very stressful world.
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How To Help A Drug Addicted Family Member Or Loved One
Do you have a loved one that struggles with addiction? The effects are felt most by family members and loved ones. Addiction can have emotional, psychological, and financial effects on those closest to the individual. If you are in this situation find ways to help, rather than enable a loved one with an addiction and be able to take care of yourself. We review ways to support and help a loved one with an addiction. Listen and reach out.
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The Addicted Brain
Today's podcast focuses on addiction and the brain. Listen in as Coach Blu interviews Dr. Blake Rapier, Addiction Specialist and Director of ALX Family Health on how the brain is affected by addiction. They discuss specific issues related to the functionality of the brain itself. They talk about best practices and ways to break the addicted brain. There is hope in sobriety and rewiring the brain. This is a powerful podcast with a lot of new knowledge that may require you to listen to it multiple times.
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Creating a Champion
Today’s podcast hosted by Coach Blu and athletic director Marissa focuses on how to become a champion not only in life but in sobriety as well. They discuss some of the stages of change. Learn how these characteristics of a champion can assist you in becoming an agent of sobriety at the same time growing and experiencing the joy that life brings when you know who you are.
What an AIIA Champion is:
Discoverer of how great he or she can be
Talks soft, plays big
Loves the battle more than the victory
Hates to lose, but is not afraid to lose
Goes through the fire to reach their goals
Always competes with purpose and passion
Learns lessons from losses
Lives in the present moment
Focuses on continuous daily improvement
Does not base his or her self-worth on the scoreboard
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Confident, Calm, Assertive
Today's podcast is centered on self-worth and living a life free from all the negative influences that can hinder your path toward healing from addiction. Blu and Marissa discuss how to keep the bad cheering in the crowd from affecting your game.
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Forfeit/Self-Sabotage
Today Coach Blu And Athletic Director Marissa talk about Self-Sabotage and how devastating it can be. They discuss how to stop forfeiting in the game of life. They identify six areas in life we may not realize push us into making foolish and impulsive decisions, sometimes at the cost of our recovery.
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Finding The Cause of Addiction
Today’s podcast focuses on psychologist, Eric Erickson’s stages of development. Listen as Coach Blu and athletic director, Marissa discuss how the stages can help you identify the beginning of your addiction, how to erase and replace the feelings and associations related to the time you used, as well as helpful tips on how to help your family members who may be struggling.
Stage One (0-1)– Trust vs Mistrust
Stage Two (2-3)– Autonomy vs Shame and Doubt
Stage Three (4-6)– Initiative vs Guilt
Stage Four (7-12)– Industry vs Inferiority
Stage Five (13-19) - Identity vs Role Confusion
Stage Six (20-40) – Intimacy vs Isolation
Stage Seven (40-60) - Generativity vs Stagnation
Stage Eight 60+ – Ego Integrity vs Despair
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The Power Of Play
This week’s episode discusses the power of play. It seems as though as we grow up, we forget how to play. Listen as Coach Blu and Athletic Director, Marissa Robinson discussed the significance of Healthy recreation with friends and family. Explore how important it is to erase addiction and replace it with activity, balance, and learning. Addict to Athlete believes that an active role in sober recreational activities leads to a fuller and more rewarding life. It is time to create your life again, to give new life, and freshness by recreating. We hope to help individuals and families not only recreate but to re-create their lives. This is a fun podcast that will remind you of all the things you did before addiction took over your life and more importantly, how to regain control of your leisure time.
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Building A Home Team
Today’s podcast focuses on the establishment and development of your sober support system at home in creating your own Home Team advantage. The creation and development of your Home Team is so important if you want to establish a winning dynasty. Listen as coach and athletic director, Blu and Marissa Robinson discuss their own understandings, tips, tools and examples on how to develop your team and how to use what you’ve learned growing up to strengthen your own family system by being open, honest and humble.
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What's Your Why
Today Coach Blu and Athletic Director, Marissa talk about finding your why in recovery. Listen as they talk about the reason it's important to keep why you are seeking recovery as an ever-growing journey and not just an end goal.
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Recreational Therapy
Coach Blu interviews our very own Athletic Director, Marissa Robinson who is a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist. Recreation therapy utilizes different types of activities and recreation to help meet the psychological, mental, physical, and emotional needs of individuals who struggle with addiction, mental health, trauma, and more to develop skills for daily living. Marissa uses recreation as a tool for recovery. Listen to learn why recreation is so important in your own recovery. Addict to Athlete believes that an active role in sober recreational activities leads to a fuller and more rewarding life. It is time to create your life again, to give new life, and freshness by recreating. We hope to help individuals and families not only recreate but to re-create their lives.
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Codependency
Athletes, listen to this week's podcast as Coach Blu interviews Dr. Paul Jenkins, a clinical psychologist, using his very unique Positivity Philosophy that assist’s individuals to see the better parts of the worst problems. This podcast will assist anyone in recovery who's building their own sober support system and strong home team to identify problems in relationships that might arise. They discuss how to identify, address and work through codependency. Coach Blu and Dr. Paul have a long working relationship and you can definitely get a feel for the love and passion that they both have for this work. Find out more about Dr. Paul HERE.
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